Seventeen-year-old Kanye Perkins was shot and killed on September 9, 2022, in the Kenwood neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. The shooting occurred around noon in the 1600 block of East 50th Place near Kenwood Academy High School, where Kanye was a student. He was on his lunch break when an altercation with people in a vehicle escalated into a chase that ended in a nearby parking lot. At least two occupants exited the vehicle and opened fire, striking Kanye in the head. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Police indicated the shooting appeared targeted; witnesses reported a gray Dodge Challenger with no license plates fleeing the scene. Kenwood Academy went into lockdown and off-campus lunch and after-school activities were canceled as a precaution. No arrests had been announced and the investigation was ongoing. If anyone has information about the gray Challenger, the occupants of the vehicle, or the events near East 50th Place that day, please share what is known.