Keith Griggs, a 32-year-old Black/African American man, was killed on the evening of November 9, 2020, in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. Contemporary Chicago Sun-Times and FOX 32 reports identified him as Keith Agriggs, while the National Gun Violence Memorial records his name as Keith Griggs. The shooting unfolded at about 5:50 p.m. in the 3600 block of West Division Street, near Division Street and Lawndale Avenue, where Griggs and two other men were gathered on a corner.
According to police accounts reported at the time, a black Chevrolet Equinox approached the area and someone inside the vehicle opened fire on the group.
The sudden burst of gunfire left Griggs and Neal Ellis mortally wounded. Both men were struck in the head and were pronounced dead at the scene. A third victim survived the attack after being shot in the left leg; he was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital and was reported in good condition. In the hours after the shooting, police cordoned off the intersection with crime-scene tape while investigators worked around numerous evidence markers placed near spent shell casings. The scene reflected the speed of the attack: the gunman had fired from the sport-utility vehicle and escaped before officers could make an arrest.
The Cook County medical examiner subsequently determined that the deaths were homicides. Reporting based on police and medical-examiner information said Griggs and Ellis died from the gunshot wounds they suffered during the same attack. Investigators did not publicly describe a confrontation immediately preceding the shooting, nor did the early reports identify a motive. The most significant description released concerning the attacker was the vehicle involved, the black Chevrolet Equinox. Police did not publicly provide the name of a suspected shooter in the contemporaneous coverage, and there was no indication that the surviving victim had been accused of participating in the violence. Area Four detectives took responsibility for investigating the double homicide.
There was no one in custody late on the night of November 9, according to the initial police reporting. Searches of subsequently available online reporting did not surface a publicly identified suspect, an announced arrest, criminal charges, a prosecution, trial, or conviction specifically tied to the killings of Griggs and Ellis. As a result, the publicly available record located for this incident does not establish that authorities ever named or apprehended the person who fired from the Equinox. The case therefore remains, based on the publicly accessible information located, without a publicly documented arrest or court resolution, leaving the identity of the shooter and the motive for the attack unresolved.
