Derek Middleton, a 31-year-old African American man, was shot and killed in Englewood, Chicago, on October 1, 2020. He was walking around 2:10 a.m. in the 1300 block of West 73rd Street when an unknown person approached holding a handgun equipped with a green laser and fired, striking him in the chest. Middleton was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and died shortly after; the Cook County medical examiner identified him.

Area One detectives are investigating, but no arrests have been announced and the suspect remains at large. The motive has not been established. On that day multiple other shootings occurred across the city, a pattern noted alongside Middleton’s death. If anyone has information about the shooting or saw activity in the 1300 block of West 73rd Street around 2:10 a.m., please come forward.