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Nikia Betts

Home healthcare provider for Abcor Home Health.
Graduate of Roberto Clemente High School.
Attended Illinois School of Health Careers.
Mother of two.

Died: July 28, 2017
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Race: Black
Cause of death: Shooting

Photo credit: Facebook

WEEK IN REVIEW: 14 more dead as murder total passes 400, including mother killed while walking with 4-year-old son

Posted Aug. 4, 2017, noon by Jeff Mayes

By JEFF MAYES Homicide Watch Chicago At least 14 people were killed last week as Chicago passed the 400-homicide mark for the year nearly a week ahead of last year’s pace, when the homicides numbers were the highest in two decades. The victims included a mother shot while walking with her young son, and a … Read more →

Nikia ‘Kia’ Betts killed, her 4-year-old son and man wounded in shooting in Austin described as an ‘ambush’

Posted Aug. 1, 2017, 11:20 a.m. by Jeff Mayes

Nikia Betts was killed and her 4-year-old son wounded in a shooting Friday evening that also left a man injured in a West Side Austin neighborhood alley. The shooting happened at 5:19 p.m. in the 5200 block of West Kamerling, police said. Betts, her son, and a 19-year-old man were on a porch, and started … Read more →
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