Elijah Suggs, a 20-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on March 7, 2022, in a retail store in the 6600 block of South Morgan Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting occurred around 2:50 p.m.; Suggs was struck in the armpit and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Surveillance footage showed Suggs and another 20-year-old man, identified as Marnell Briggs, initially shaking hands, talking and sharing a vape pen. Briggs briefly left the store, returned and lent his phone to Suggs. After Suggs returned the phone, Briggs reportedly turned his back, produced a .45-caliber handgun with an extended magazine and fired once, striking Suggs. Suggs stumbled back into the store and reached for a firearm in his jacket only after being shot and after Briggs had fled.

Several people, including Suggs’ mother, identified Briggs from the surveillance video. Investigators tracked financial activity indicating Briggs had fled to Louisiana; he was later brought back to Chicago and charged with first-degree murder and held without bail. His defense attorney contended Briggs feared for his life because Suggs was on probation and not permitted to carry a weapon. The next court date is scheduled for December 21.

Did anyone in Englewood see either man in the store that afternoon or the moments just before and after the shooting?