Oyedele Olupitan, a 42-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on August 18, 2020, inside a convenience store in the Washington Heights neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. The shooting happened about 2:30 p.m. when two men entered the store and began firing. Olupitan was struck in the head and died at the scene.

The community held a prayer circle in the store parking lot led by Pastor Donovan Price. Friends and family honored Oyedele’s Nigerian roots by wearing traditional African attire and playing traditional music while gathering to grieve. No arrests or suspects have been identified and the investigation remains open.

If anyone saw the shooting or has information that could help solve this case, please come forward to investigators. How can the community’s remembrance efforts help bring attention to this unsolved killing?