Johnathan L Stewart

On August 12, 2016, 17-year-old Johnathan L. Stewart was shot and killed in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. His death came during a year of escalating violence across the city, which saw a dramatic surge in homicides. 2016 was one of Chicago's most violent years in recent history, with over 750 homicides recorded. The Englewood area, where Stewart's life was taken, was among those particularly hard-hit by gun violence, reflecting broader challenges that Chicago faced that year i ...