Jajuan Nile, a 34-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on November 29, 2020, in the Chatham neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. He was sitting on the sidewalk in the 7800 block of South Rhodes Avenue in the early morning when an unidentified assailant approached and shot him multiple times. Nile was pronounced dead at the scene.

Nile’s life included a wrongful conviction in 2007 for drug possession tied to corrupt practices by Chicago Police Sergeant Ronald Watts and his team; he was sentenced to three years on planted evidence. His conviction was vacated in 2020 and he received a certificate of innocence, but his family says the earlier conviction had lasting effects on employment and housing opportunities.

If anyone in Chatham knew Jajuan or saw activity in the 7800 block of South Rhodes Avenue that night, please come forward with what you know.