Jeremy Akons, a 27-year-old African American man from Chicago, was shot and killed just after midnight on September 13, 2020, in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side.
Officers found the 27-year-old lying outside in the 6100 block of South Rhodes Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Cook County medical examiner identified him as Jeremy Akons, and ruled the death a homicide.
Detectives said there were no witnesses at the scene, and Area One investigators took the lead on the case.
In the days that followed, police did not announce an arrest, and no suspect information was publicly released.
His killing unfolded during a particularly violent Chicago weekend in which dozens were shot leading to various injuries and multiple people were killed, underscoring the broader surge in gun violence that year.
Public tributes marked Jeremy Akons's death.
A memorial page recorded his name, age, and the Chicago location of his killing, while an obituary through a local funeral home confirmed his passing and service details later that month.
These remembrances offered a place for family, friends, and neighbors to gather memories around the 27-year-old whose life ended on a Woodlawn street before dawn.
