Justin Bell, an 18-year-old male was fatally shot on the evening of November 22, 2025, during an attempted armed robbery in the parking lot of the Walmart at 2500 W. 95th Street in Evergreen Park, Illinois. According to the Cook County medical examiner, he was identified as a resident of Lynwood, Illinois, and his death was ruled a homicide caused by multiple gunshot wounds.
Investigators say the incident unfolded when a silver Audi carrying three males approached a man in the middle of the store’s parking lot around 7:50 p.m. Police reports and witness accounts describe two of the occupants getting out of the car while armed with handguns and attempting to rob the targeted man of his belongings. A struggle broke out between the would-be victim and the armed robbers, and during that confrontation one of the guns discharged several times, striking Bell, who police say was part of the group attempting the robbery.
After the shots were fired, the group fled the Walmart lot in the same silver Audi, which authorities have noted had temporary Illinois registration and visible damage to the front driver’s side. Rather than remaining on scene, Bell’s associates drove away and later dropped him off at a hospital—identified in some local coverage as Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Evergreen Park, while other accounts describe a Chicago hospital—where he was pronounced dead a short time later, around 8:40–8:53 p.m., according to the medical examiner and police.
Public records dedicated to documenting victims of gun violence, including national memorial databases, confirm that Bell was killed by gunfire in Evergreen Park on November 22, 2025, and list his case alongside other recent homicides in the south suburban area. Regional crime roundups have highlighted his death as part of a cluster of shootings that also claimed lives in nearby communities, emphasizing the seriousness of the incident and the concern it has generated among residents and law enforcement.
As of the most recent reporting, Evergreen Park police and the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force continue to investigate the killing. Authorities have released a description of at least one suspect as a Black male wearing a gray sweater and white shoes and have focused on locating the silver Audi seen fleeing the scene. Police state that the two other individuals who were in the car at the time of the attempted robbery remain at large, and they are asking anyone with information to contact investigators. No arrests have been publicly reported in direct connection with Bell’s death; separate coverage about an earlier, unrelated October shooting at the same Walmart describes a different suspect who was arrested and charged in that prior incident, but that case is distinct from the events that led to Bell’s killing.
