The following comes from DNAinfo:

In the Chicago area, the following people were killed by violence from Sept. 22 to 29:

Alexander Velazquez, 21; Abraham Barrera, 23; Marcus Cox, 28; Quinton D. Goins, 25; Dwayne Frazier Jr., 18; Lolita Wells, 46; Patricia Chew, 23; and Antian Hardmon, 25.

Please keep their families and others touched by violence in your thoughts and prayers — including the perpetrators whose lives will also be impacted by their acts of violence.  

Submitted by Elizabeth Scanlon of the Unity Temple Unitarian/Universalist congregation where the names are read aloud at Sunday services.

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