Cordell Bass was 16 when he was shot and killed on August 11, 2021, in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting happened about 4 p.m. in the 6000 block of South Carpenter Street; bullets were fired from outside the family home and penetrated the building. Cordell suffered a gunshot wound to his chest and was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center at 4:26 p.m. A 16-year-old friend was also struck in the right leg and stabilized at the same hospital.

Cordell’s mother, Dominique Atkins, said she heard the gunfire from the second floor and found him in the hallway. Three young nephews were outside playing and were not physically injured after older boys shielded the youngest. Cordell had been under house arrest since May 2021 after an incident involving an abandoned gun found in an alley; his mother suggested the shooter might be connected to a prior shooting of her niece’s significant other at the same location. Detectives were collecting evidence and the investigation was ongoing.

Did anyone in the Englewood area see or hear anything that afternoon that could help investigators?