Yiran Fan, age 30

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Lost to gun violence on January 9, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois.

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Jan 10: Victims Of Shooting Rampage That Stretched Across City Identified As Anthony Faulkner Jr., Doorwoman Aisha Johnson, University Of Chicago Ph.D. Student Yiran Fan
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Jun 6: Chicago Sun-Times: He died in shooting spree, but professors made sure he still got his Ph.D.
chicagotribune.com: Chicago to Evanston shootings: Customer, 20, and clerk, 81, didn’t see gunman coming. ‘It’s just blatant disregard for human life,’ says relative after shooting rampage.
Jan 10: Victims Of Shooting Rampage That Stretched Across City Identified As Anthony Faulkner Jr., Doorwoman Aisha Johnson, University Of Chicago Ph.D. Student Yiran Fan
Jan 10: Grisly Shooting Spree From South Side To Evanston Leaves At Least 3 People Dead, Several Injured; Gunman Later Shot Dead By Police
WGN-TV: Three killed, four critically wounded in Chicago shooting spree before gunman shot dead in Evanston
Jan 9: Chicago Sun-Times: UChicago student killed in Hyde Park was first victim in shooting spree that ended in Evanston
Jan 9: Chicago Sun-Times: 2 women shot, 1 fatally, in Kenwood
https://twitter.com/StevenGravesTV/status/1348097780162703363
Jan 9: Chicago Sun-Times: Gunman kills 3, wounds 5 in shooting spree before being shot dead by police in Evanston

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