JaWon L. Ward, an 18-year-old African American man from Englewood, was killed on April 16, 2021, in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. Around 7 p.m. someone entered a business on the 3600 block of West 16th Street and began shooting. Ward was struck in the chest and face and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A 44-year-old woman was also shot and treated at the same hospital.

Surveillance video showed the assailant, identified as 24-year-old Ishmael Simpson, enter the shop and repeatedly shoot Ward as he sat near the door; when Ward fell, an accomplice entered and fired more shots. Ward drew a gun during the attack and accidentally shot a customer. Investigators linked Simpson to the scene through matching clothing captured on store cameras and on body-worn camera footage from an unrelated arrest two days later; photos and videos of Ward were also recovered from Simpson’s cellphone, along with a page of Ward’s grand jury testimony.

Simpson was charged in connection with Ward’s killing. What can readers who knew JaWon or who have information about the shooting add to this account?