Black / African American. Seventeen-year-old male Kahlif Norwood was shot and killed in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood on September 15, 2025. Around 12:20 a.m., the 17-year-old male stood in or near the alley off the 5000 block of North Winthrop Avenue when a group of eight males approached him. One person in the group opened fire, striking the 17-year-old male multiple times. He was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where the 17-year-old male was pronounced dead.
Area 3 detectives opened a homicide investigation.
Witness accounts and early police information describe the assailants only as a group of eight males. Surveillance footage reviewed by investigators reportedly showed several suspects fleeing south on Winthrop and then west on Argyle after the gunfire. No detailed descriptions were released beyond the size of the group, and detectives canvassed the area for additional video and witnesses.
Authorities publicly identified the victim as Kahlif Norwood, a 17-year-old male, and noted that he had previously survived a shooting in the same area two years earlier. Family members told local reporters that the 17-year-old male was visiting friends in Uptown when he was killed. The location—near Argyle Street and the 5000 block of North Winthrop—has been described in coverage as one of the neighborhood’s more dangerous stretches.
In the hours after the shooting of 17-year-old male Kahlif Norwood, police said there were several assailants involved, that one opened fire, and that the investigation was ongoing. As of the latest reports, there were no arrests, and no suspects had been publicly named or charged in the killing of 17-year-old male Kahlif Norwood. Detectives continued to seek leads and ask for information from the public.
