On February 28, 2022, in downtown Chicago, 16 year old Vadarrion A. Knight was shot multiple times just after 2 a.m. after stepping off the Grand Avenue Red Line escalator. Police say he was shot twice in the chest and once in the knee in the first block of East Grand and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators described the attack as targeted. Officers reportedly recovered 29 baggies of suspected crack cocaine and a bundle of cash from Knight’s clothing. Two people were seen approaching the fallen teen in the minutes after the shooting, one kicking him and another going through his pockets. No one was in custody and the suspect was last seen running toward State Street, wearing a black mask, gray winter cap, dark coat, black pants, and gray gym shoes.

Friends remembered Knight as quick to help and still carrying the weight of prior loss; his older brother had been killed by gunfire in 2018. Does anyone who was at the Grand station that morning or who knew Vadarrion have information to share?