On the night of May 1, 2021, 37-year-old Travis Willis was fatally shot during an altercation in the West Pullman neighborhood on Chicago’s Far South Side. The shooting happened about 10:50 p.m. in the 11800 block of South Lafayette Avenue. Willis was standing outside with a group when an argument with another man turned physical and the other man, identified as 32-year-old Larry Scott, produced a gun and shot Willis once in the head. Willis was taken to Roseland Hospital and pronounced dead.

Larry Scott fled the scene and was later apprehended in Minneapolis and extradited to Chicago. On July 30, 2021, Scott was charged with one count of first-degree murder and taken into custody at O’Hare International Airport. Area Two detectives investigated the case, which underscores the tragic loss and the community impact of gun violence.

If anyone has information about what led to the confrontation or witnessed the incident, please share it with investigators.