Michael D Ricks

Michael D. Ricks, age 36, was fatally shot on March 28, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was part of a broader pattern of gun violence that continued to plague the city during the mid-2010s. In 2015, Chicago experienced a substantial number of homicides, many of which were linked to issues such as gang violence, economic hardship, and the proliferation of firearms in certain neighborhoods.

The incident took place at a time when Chicago was seeing an upward trend in homicides, which ...