Shawndale Neal, 39, was found beaten to death near his home in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood on the morning of Wednesday, February 24, 2016. Initial reports that he had been shot were corrected; the cause of death was blunt-force trauma.

Neal’s death underscores ongoing violence in the area and leaves unanswered who attacked him and why. If anyone knew Shawndale Neal, saw activity near his home that morning, or has information about the beating, please come forward to help piece together what happened.