Ronnie Sistrunk, a 25-year-old African American man, was killed on May 13, 2021, in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. while Sistrunk and another 25-year-old man were standing on the sidewalk in the 700 block of East 79th Street. An assailant emerged from an alley and began firing; Sistrunk was struck in the abdomen and arm and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where the Cook County medical examiner’s office later confirmed his identity.

The other man was critically injured, shot in the neck, leg and back, and also hospitalized. No arrests were made immediately after the attack and the shooter remained at large. The Chicago Police Department was investigating, and there were no reports of litigation filed by Sistrunk’s family as the investigation continued.

What information can anyone in Chatham or who was in that area on May 13, 2021, share about what happened that afternoon?