Devon LaSalle, 41, a male of Black/African American ethnicity, was found just after midnight on July 13, 2025, with multiple gunshot wounds in the 800 block of North Cambridge Avenue on Chicago's Near North Side. Officers arrived around 12:20 a.m. and discovered that Devon LaSalle, 41, male, had been shot several times; he was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Early reports placed the scene in the broader River North area, but police records situated it specifically near the Cabrini Green courtyards along North Cambridge.
Within hours, detectives identified a suspect and made an arrest. According to police and prosecutors, Maurice Timms was taken into custody roughly four hours after the shooting, on the same block where Devon LaSalle, 41, male, had been found. Timms was charged with first-degree murder, along with counts related to being a habitual criminal and unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. A judge ordered him detained pending trial during a hearing on July 15, 2025.
Prosecutors later described surveillance footage that, they said, captured the moments leading up to the killing. In their account, Devon LaSalle, 41, male, was walking away through a Cabrini Green courtyard when he was ambushed from behind, struck in the back and head, and then shot again after he fell. The victim and the alleged shooter were described as longtime acquaintances, a detail used to support the detention petition. These allegations, presented in court filings, formed the basis for the state's case as it moved forward following the arrest.
Public records and community memorials confirmed the identity and age of the victim and the date and place of the killing, reflecting the shock felt by those who knew Devon LaSalle, 41, male. Advocacy and memorial pages documented that he was lost to gun violence on July 13, 2025, in Chicago, while neighborhood-focused archives noted the location on the Near North Side.
As of the immediate aftermath of the arrest, authorities named Maurice Timms as the lone suspect connected to the death of Devon LaSalle, 41, male, and reported no additional arrests. The case proceeded with Timms in custody, awaiting further court proceedings on the murder charge tied to the July 13 shooting.
