Lyman J. Bates, 41, was shot multiple times in the face and chest and died on December 21, 2020, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. Officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert found him on the sidewalk in the 5400 block of South Paulina Street around 1:10 a.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene and later identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Area One detectives opened the investigation.

If anyone witnessed the shooting, was in the area of South Paulina Street that night, or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.