Jamiah Woods, a 36-year-old African American man from Oak Forest, Illinois, was shot multiple times on July 25, 2021, in the 4100 block of 167th Street. Officers from Oak Forest and Country Club Hills responded to calls of shots fired around 4 p.m.; they rendered aid and Woods was taken to Advocate Aurora Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died later that evening. The Cook County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

The Oak Forest Police Department, assisted by the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force, opened an active investigation. Detective Adrian O’Donnell is seeking leads. As of the latest update, no arrests have been made and no suspects have been identified. Friends and family remember Woods as kind and caring, and the community continues to feel the impact of his death.

If anyone has information about what happened on July 25, 2021, in the 4100 block of 167th Street, please contact the Oak Forest Police Department.