Deandre Bennett, a 33-year-old African American man, died on June 30, 2018, in the East Chatham neighborhood of Chicago after being shot in the neck during a domestic dispute at his apartment. The dispute began when Bennett reportedly started throwing his girlfriend’s belongings out of the unit; she called her father, 62-year-old Steve Allen, who confronted Bennett. Officers arrived around 5:30 p.m. and found Bennett mortally wounded; he was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and died later that night.

Witnesses, including two neighbors, said they heard an argument followed by a gunshot, and one neighbor identified Allen as holding a gun after the shooting. Detectives used cell phone tower data to place Allen traveling from his home in Kankakee to Chicago and back. Allen was arrested in Kankakee and charged with first-degree murder; his attorney contended the shooting was self-defense. Allen was held on $300,000 bail and had a court date set for December 28, 2018.

If anyone knew Deandre Bennett or saw the confrontation that evening, information could help clarify what happened.