Stephan R. Hammond, 18, a male Black/African American from Chicago, died on September 26, 2025, after being shot on the city's North Side in the Sheridan Park section of Uptown. Officers responded to reports of gunfire around 11:49–11:50 p.m. in the 1200 block of West Sunnyside Avenue and found Stephan R. Hammond unresponsive in the street with a gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Cook County Medical Examiner later identified him, fixing the date of his killing on that Friday night.
A 27-year-old woman was also struck in the arm during the same burst of violence and was transported to the same hospital in good condition, underscoring the chaos that spilled across the block as neighbors heard shots and police converged on the scene. Investigators recovered four guns in the immediate aftermath, a stark detail that hints at a volatile encounter as detectives canvassed the alleyways and street for shell casings and surveillance angles.
By the following day, police said no one was in custody and that Area Three detectives were leading the investigation, leaving the death of Stephan R. Hammond, 18, male, without an identified suspect as the weekend wore on. Public listings memorialized his name among those lost to gun violence in Chicago on September 26, 2025, while neighborhood trackers noted the Uptown/Sheridan Park location where it happened.
Records available at the time identified Stephan R. Hammond's race as Black/African American, but authorities had not announced any arrests, charges, or the identity of a suspect, and they had released no motive—only the promise of an open, active case.
