Dedrick Causey, a 24-year-old African American man, was shot to death on November 23, 2021, inside Romel’s barber shop at 411 E. 71st Street in Chicago’s Park Manor neighborhood. The shop was crowded with customers, including children, when two men entered and appeared to target Causey. One of the men produced a gun and fired multiple shots; Causey collapsed with multiple gunshot wounds and later died at a hospital. The gunman also suffered a gunshot wound to the neck, staggered into an alley and died.

Community members said Causey was church-going and had turned his life toward faith; hundreds of tributes appeared online after his death. The Cook County medical examiner identified him by the legal name Darton C. Gates. Police have not provided information about suspects or arrests, and the motive remains unclear. If anyone knew Dedrick Causey or has information about the shooting at Romel’s barber shop, please come forward.