Marshaun L. Jackson, 27, was killed in Chicago on June 16, 2016, during a year that saw an extraordinary rise in violence across the city. Chicago recorded 762 homicides in 2016, a 58% increase from the prior year, and more than 700 people died from shootings that year. Jackson’s death occurred amid that surge, when most homicide victims in the city died from gunshot wounds.

The spike in homicides disproportionately affected marginalized neighborhoods already facing poverty and limited services, and it strained law enforcement and emergency response resources. The overall clearance rate for homicide cases in Chicago was low in 2016, and many cases, including Jackson’s, remained unsolved with no suspects charged.

Did anyone in Chicago who knew Marshaun or was in his neighborhood on June 16, 2016, see or hear anything that could help provide answers?