Dimontie Wallace, a 29-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on July 4, 2021, in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. The shooting happened in the 200 block of West Division Street early that morning as Wallace was walking across the street. After a brief exchange of words with an unknown individual, the assailant fired, striking Wallace in the torso. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and died shortly after arrival.

Surveillance footage shows a Black male suspect wearing a black hat, white t-shirt, blue jeans bleached on the front, and white gym shoes walking westbound from the scene. Area Three detectives from the Chicago Police Department are investigating; no arrests have been announced and the suspect remains at large. Wallace was the fourth person murdered in that vicinity in under three weeks, a spate of violence that has drawn heightened attention.

If anyone has information about Wallace, the shooting, or the person seen on surveillance, please come forward to assist the investigation.