Ronald Coppage Jr. was an 18-year-old African American male shot on February 2, 2022, in Chicago’s East Chatham neighborhood. The shooting happened around 7:40 p.m. near 82nd Street and Drexel Avenue, in an alley on the 8200 block of South Maryland Avenue. He was struck in the abdomen, managed to call his mother, Gabrielle Henley, and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died early the next day.

Ronald, known as Noodle, had completed his final credits and was due to graduate with the class of 2022; his mother accepted his high school diploma on his behalf at a commencement five months after his death. No arrests have been announced and investigators say the case remains open.

If anyone saw activity in the alley near 82nd and Maryland that evening or has information about Ronald’s shooting, please come forward.