Farouk A. Bolariwa, a 32-year-old Black male from Chicago, was spending a quiet Friday afternoon seated in a car on October 10, 2025, when the calm fractured into sudden violence. Around 2:20 p.m., in the 9700 block of South Princeton Avenue in Roseland on the Far South Side, several people walked up to the vehicle and opened fire. The barrage left the 32-year-old with multiple gunshot wounds, and he was pronounced dead at the scene as the block filled with sirens and yellow tape under an
autumn sky.
Detectives from Area 2 opened a homicide investigation as neighbors looked on, but by the end of the day there were no arrests. Authorities said multiple assailants were involved, a detail that deepened the sense of ambush and left the case hinging on witness accounts, surveillance, and the slow accumulation of leads. As his name appeared on citywide victim rolls and memorial pages—marking the date, the neighborhood, and his age—the absence of a suspect only sharpened the unanswered questions about motive and the fleeting seconds that turned a routine afternoon into irrevocable loss.
