DaShaun Winston

How they died

Deadly force

Police shot DaShaun Winston when he allegedly pointed a revolver at officers chasing him in a squad car as he ran through an alley on foot. According to police, officers heard shots fired near a South Side grocery store and began chasing Winston when they saw running from the scene. Other officers reportedly discovered two gunshot victims inside the store and a third victim a short distance away. A teenager later arrived at a hospital with a graze wound, police said. The officers chasing Winston followed him into an alley and told him to drop the weapon, then shot him when he allegedly turned around and aimed the gun at them.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that DaShaun Winston, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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