Black male Jarrah Alexander, age 26, was shot on the evening of April 13, 2016, in the 14900 block of Irving Avenue in Dolton, Illinois.
Multiple 911 calls drew officers to the scene at about 7:30 p.m., where they found the 26-year-old male unresponsive on the front lawn of a home with a gunshot wound.
He was taken to Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey and pronounced dead at 9:54 p.m.
The 26-year-old male lived on the same block where he was found, underscoring how close to home the violence struck.
In the days immediately following the shooting, authorities shared no information about a motive, and public reports did not name any suspects.
There were no announcements of arrests tied to the killing in contemporaneous coverage.
Public memorial listings later recorded the loss of the 26-year-old male in Dolton on April 13, 2016, echoing the basic facts released by officials and noting the community's remembrance of his life.
Even as time passes, the case remains defined in the public record by the suddenness of the gunfire, the swift response to the block on Irving Avenue, and the silence that followed regarding any identified suspect.
