27-year-old Devonta Vivetter, 25-year-old Donald Huey and 23-year-old Jaylen Ausley were killed, police say
CHICAGO (WLS) — A man has been charged with murder after three men were fatally struck outside a gay bar in the South Shore neighborhood, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown announced Tuesday morning.
Tavis Dunbar, 34, has been charged with three counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted murder. Brown said that Dunbar intentionally struck the victims with a speeding car.
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The victims were standing outside the Jeffrey Pub in the 7000-block of South Jeffery Boulevard when they were killed, police said.
The three victims were identified as 25-year-old Donald Huey, 27-year-old Devonta Vivetter and 23-year-old Jaylen Ausley, who was a recent University of Michigan graduate.
Brown said that Dunbar was inside the bar before the crash, but was not involved in any altercations. Police said he surrendered to police and was taken into custody Monday.
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The pub is one of the longest-serving Black gay bars in America and the National Black Justice Coalition is calling for the incident to be investigated as a hate crime.
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