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Harold Howell, 63, "deserved to be happy...he didn't deserve this," said his daughter.

Derrick Holliday, 23, was killed in the South Shore neighborhood in January.

Dwayne Billingsley was killed after he tried to stop a robbery in May.

Akil Partee, 19, was coming home from work when he was killed in July.

Nathaniel Brown, 24, was shot and killed Feb. 24 in West Garfield Park.  

Myrion Currie Jr. had recently returned to Chicago from Mississippi when he was fatally shot.

Gustavo Reyes, 20, loved to tinker with cars before was killed in March on Chicago's South Side.

Samuel Clay, 25, was visiting a cousin in Bronzeville when he was shot down in April, his mother said.

Before 51-year-old Ancelmo Solis was killed in July, he'd walk for miles pushing his ice cream trolley.

20-year-old Darius Farley was gunned down while driving home with his brother on Chicago's South Side.

22-year-old Alex Ruiz, killed early Aug. 19 in North Lawndale, wanted to become a police officer.

Alex Jaime, 14, was killed while riding his bicycle.

Tarance Franklin's mother said she reads his obituary to his two children.

20-year-old Andre Myrick was killed in Humboldt Park in April.

Randy Streeter, 46, was shot in "a random act of violence" said his brother-in-law.