Reginald Edwards, 21, a male, Black/African American from Chicago, was gunned down on July 3, 2025, in the South Deering neighborhood. He was standing outside on the sidewalk in the 9900 block of South Bensley Avenue around 1:20 p.m. when a vehicle pulled alongside and someone inside opened fire in a drive-by attack, striking him multiple times.
Rushed to the University of Chicago Medical Center, Reginald Edwards, 21, was pronounced dead at 1:55 p.m., according to the Cook County
medical examiner's office. The fatal shooting unfolded on a residential stretch of the Far South Side, where gunfire shattered an ordinary weekday afternoon.
Chicago police reported that no arrests had been made in the immediate aftermath, and authorities did not announce a suspect description. The killing occurred during a holiday stretch when the city was bracing for, and ultimately endured, a wave of Fourth of July weekend gun violence.
In the days that followed, mourners marked the loss of Reginald Edwards, 21, on online memorial pages, adding his name to a roster of young lives ended by gunfire. The entries capture the stark date and place of his death in Chicago and stand in for the details that official reports have yet to provide.
