Jaedon E. Ball was 18 when he was fatally shot on June 20, 2022, in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The shooting happened about 2:10 p.m. in the 6200 block of South Rockwell Avenue while Jaedon was traveling in a vehicle; he was struck in the torso and later died at the University of Chicago Medical Center. A 19-year-old male passenger sustained a graze wound to the head and was treated at Holy Cross Hospital.

Jaedon’s family and friends remember him as bright, positive and charismatic; he wanted to become a pilot and a real estate investor and is described as a loving son, brother and friend. No arrests have been announced and the Chicago Police Department is investigating. The community has held memorials and offered support to the family.

If anyone has information about what happened that afternoon on South Rockwell Avenue, please share it with the Chicago Police Department.