Jakolbi Lard, a 20-year-old African American man, was killed in a drive-by shooting on January 16, 2022, in the Fuller Park neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting occurred about 12:45 a.m. while he was walking in the 200 block of West 43rd Street. Someone in a passing white SUV fired; Jakolbi suffered gunshot wounds to his torso and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Police did not immediately apprehend any suspects. Jakolbi had prior legal problems: in July 2021 he received three years of probation for robbing a 55-year-old man at the Southport Brown Line station and for assaulting a witness who intervened, and in September 2021 he was found driving an SUV that had been carjacked at gunpoint in Edgewater and was charged with felony possession of a stolen motor vehicle. The Chicago Police Department and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the shooting details, and authorities asked anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone knew Jakolbi or saw a white SUV in the area that night, can you share what you remember with investigators?