Norvell Meadows was 19 when he was shot and killed on June 30, 2022, on Chicago’s West Side. The shooting occurred about 7:20 p.m. in the 4800 block of West Washington Boulevard as he walked down a gangway toward the garage at his grandmother’s house, where he was raised. He was struck once in the chest, taken to Stroger Hospital, and died later that night.

Meadows was an All-City high school basketball player who had just become a father three weeks earlier. Coaches and friends described him as a promising athlete trying to avoid the violence that had affected many of his peers; the pandemic had disrupted his playing time but he remained focused on building a better life for his family. Investigators say an unknown assailant waited in the gangway and ambushed him. No arrests have been announced and the suspect remains at large.

If anyone knew Norvell, saw him that evening, or has information about anyone seen in the 4800 block of West Washington Boulevard around 7:20 p.m. on June 30, 2022, please come forward.