On February 8, 2021, 19-year-old Jeremiah Giovanni Ervin was fatally shot in the 6200 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side. The funeral home public notice from Cannon Funeral Services in Chicago announced his passing and invited friends and family to offer condolences and share memories.

Authorities opened an investigation to identify and apprehend whoever was responsible, but there is no information indicating any arrests or suspects have been publicly identified. Jeremiah’s death is one of several shooting fatalities in that area during a year marked by significant gun violence.

If anyone has information about Jeremiah, his movements that night, or witnessed the shooting, please come forward to help the family seek justice and closure.