Omar Polk, a 30-year-old African American man, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of August 6, 2022, on the 4000 block of West Monroe Street in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood. He was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the neck and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Chicago police have classified the death as a homicide.

No arrests have been announced and detectives continue to investigate, asking the public for tips. Polk’s killing came amid continued gun violence in West Garfield Park; another man, Terrance Hampton, 31, was shot and killed on the same block the following day. Who remembers seeing anything around the 4000 block of West Monroe Street that morning or has information that could help the investigation?