DaShawn Brown was an 18-year-old African American man from North Chicago who was fatally shot on September 12, 2022. Officers responded late that evening to reports of shots fired in the 2600 block of Spruce Drive and found Brown at the Brookstone and Regency at Cole Park complex with a gunshot wound to the head. Officers administered CPR and he was taken to a local hospital in grave condition; he was pronounced dead early the next morning.

An autopsy by the Lake County Coroner’s Office confirmed death from a single gunshot wound to the head. The North Chicago Police Department and the Lake County Major Crime Task Force opened an investigation; as of the latest update no arrests have been announced and the case remains active. Anyone with information that could help identify those responsible is asked to come forward.