Cop investigates murder scene and finds his stepson dead

Chicago Tribune - On Monday, Darius Parish, 20, a graduate of Whitney Young Magnet High School who studied at St. Xavier University to be a pharmacist was buried as his mother and stepfather looked on...

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From the Chicago Tribune:

Working the midnight shift, Chicago police Sgt. Darwin Butler, crime-scene tape in his hands, approached a white Chevrolet where a gunshot victim still sat.

A supervising sergeant, he shined his flashlight on the young man and without a close look realized that another life had been lost.

He turned abruptly as a young woman nearby became hysterical, screaming, “That’s my sister’s boyfriend, Darius!”

A thought flashed through Butler’s mind: “Oh, that’s my stepson’s name.”

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