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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Sophie Sherry

A year after he lost his mom and his home, 14-year-old shot dead in South Chicago. ‘He was a baby.’

Ronald Nolton, 14, who went to school and rapped as Lil Ronald. (Paulina Nolton)

His family couldn’t afford a party for Ronald Nolton on his 14th birthday, but they still came together earlier this month to celebrate.

It had not been an easy year for Ronald, who lost his mother the previous spring and had to leave his home in Waukegan and move in with relatives on the South Side. 

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