Bryant Blake was 18 when he was shot and killed on June 3, 2021, in Chicago’s Park Manor neighborhood. The shooting happened in the 6700 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue after an argument escalated and both men involved drew firearms and fired. Blake was struck in the abdomen and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead; the Cook County medical examiner ruled his death a homicide.

Chicago police reported the other person who exchanged gunfire fled the scene and remained unidentified. No arrests had been announced and the case was unsolved, with investigators hampered by a lack of witnesses and the quick departure of the other party.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on June 3, 2021, or has information about the person who fled, please come forward to help Bryant’s family and the community seek justice.