Fourteen-year-old Marquise Richardson was shot and killed late on July 29, 2021, in Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood. He was sitting in a parked car with a 29-year-old man around 12:10 a.m. when someone in another vehicle opened fire. Marquise was struck twice in the head; the man with him suffered a graze wound to the head and declined medical treatment. Marquise was taken to Roseland Hospital by a family member and later transferred to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead Saturday morning.

The shooting occurred in the 1600 block of West Waseca Place. No arrests have been announced and police have not identified any suspects. The community held a peace walk organized by St. Sabina Academy to honor Marquise and call for an end to neighborhood gun violence. Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to come forward.