Dyrek Coleman, 34, was shot and killed on January 19, 2021, in a room at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Skokie, Illinois. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide. Coleman, known as DC and Nunu, was the youngest of three brothers, a father of three, and had studied music at Columbia College before a move to Atlanta and a later return to Evanston.

According to accounts of the gathering, Coleman and a friend arrived at the room about 3:30 p.m., where several people, including 24-year-old Patrick Jenkins of Evanston, were present. The group was reportedly drinking, smoking marijuana, and listening to music. An argument about a lottery ticket and a prior murder began roughly 15 minutes after a video of the gathering was posted to social media. Jenkins produced a 9 mm pistol and shot Coleman in the head while he sat on a bed, then fired four additional headshots after Coleman fell. Jenkins also reportedly held a woman in a chokehold and threatened her with a gun before fleeing.

Jenkins was arrested on February 1, 2021, in Milwaukee by a U.S.

If anyone was at the Hampton Inn gathering or has additional information about the events that afternoon, please share what is known.