David Carmona, 20, male, left his home in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood on a quiet Sunday morning and walked toward a nearby store along South Damen Avenue. Around 6:35 a.m. on August 10, 2025, a verbal altercation unfolded near the 4700 block. As Carmona turned to walk away, someone shot him from behind, and he collapsed on the street before first responders rushed him to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.
Police marked the scene, canvassed the block, and noted early on that no one was in custody.
Family later described the spot as near 48th and Damen, a few doors from home, and said he had simply stepped out for an errand and never returned. In the days after, relatives shared that he was declared dead after the shooting, and they appealed publicly for help with funeral expenses as they mourned the eldest of five siblings.
Citywide records of gun deaths list Carmona among those lost on August 10, 2025, a day that became one of the year's most violent in Chicago. His entry in the national memorial of gun victims stands with only a few spare facts: his name, his age, the city where he fell. The stillness of those lines matches the unfinished nature of the case, with investigators yet to announce an arrest or identify a suspect as publicly reported.
