Seventeen-year-old Devion Ward, an African American male, was shot and killed on April 9, 2021, in Chicago’s Wentworth Gardens development. Around 9:45 p.m. he and two other people were sitting in a parked vehicle when a black Dodge Durango pulled up, two unidentified males exited the SUV and opened fire. Devion was struck in the back and later died at Stroger Hospital of Cook County.

Two other victims were critically injured and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center: a 16-year-old male with a graze wound to the head, and another victim estimated to be between 18 and 20 years old who was shot in the chest. No arrests have been announced and the suspects remain unidentified as detectives continue the investigation.

If anyone was in or near Wentworth Gardens on the evening of April 9, 2021, or has information about the black Dodge Durango or the shooters, please come forward.