Milton Taylor, a 74-year-old African American man, was found dead inside his South Side Chicago home on October 26, 2021. Officers responding to a family member’s request for a well-being check entered the residence in the 6900 block of South Aberdeen Street and discovered Taylor on the floor with a gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head and identified him.

Investigators estimate Taylor was likely shot sometime between the evening of October 25 and the evening of October 26, 2021. No suspects were immediately identified and no arrests have been announced; detectives are continuing to pursue leads. His killing is noted alongside ongoing gun violence in Englewood and other parts of the city, and family and community members continue to seek answers.

Did anyone in the neighborhood or with information about the 6900 block of South Aberdeen Street around October 25–26, 2021, see anything that could help investigators?