Anthony Vazquez

Visual journalist

Victor Lobato Ochoa, 7, of Little Village, drowned in the Chicago River after he was tossed from a motorboat by the wake of tugboat in a no-wake zone in July 2020, according to the family’s lawsuit.

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Family of boy who drowned after boat capsized in Chicago River sues tugboat, barge operators

“There’s no day that I don’t wake up and hope to see him there,” said Mariana Ochoa, whose 7-year-old son, Victor, drown last summer.

By Mitch Dudek and Anthony Vazquez

Olumide Olupitan looks down at the body of his brother Oyedele Olupitan at his visitation Sept. 5 at Sacred Memories Funeral Home in South Shore. Oyedele Olupitan, 42, had been shot in the head on Aug. 18 in Washington Heights on the South Side.

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‘We pretty much killing ourselves’ — In the face of violence, these 4 Chicagoans aim to bring peace

Pastor Donovan Price, Olumide Olupitan, Tyrone Muhammad and Derrick Durr each has stepped up to do something to help people cope with loss, stay off the streets, find a better way.

By Anthony Vazquez