Richard Powell, a 27-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on November 11, 2020, in the Longwood Manor neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. He was waiting at a red light in his car on the 9500 block of South Halsted Street around 11:50 a.m. when someone in an approaching vehicle opened fire, striking him in the back. Powell was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

The Chicago Police Department opened a homicide investigation. Detectives have been working the case, but as of the latest available update no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. The shooting is cited as part of ongoing gun violence affecting Longwood Manor and nearby communities.

If anyone has information about the shooting on November 11, 2020, on South Halsted Street, please contact the Chicago Police Department.