Caleb Reed was 17 when he was fatally shot while walking with friends in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood on July 31, 2020. Reed, described as an African American youth activist with Voices for Youth in Chicago Education and GoodKids MadCity, was struck in the head after a gray Chevy Malibu drove by and gunfire erupted. Surveillance video shows Reed, Genove Martin (then 18), and two others walking together when the Malibu approached and Martin pulled out a gun and fired toward the vehicle. A bullet hit Reed in the forehead; he was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston in critical condition and died two days later.

Police arrested Genove Martin on August 30, 2020, charging him with first-degree murder. At a detention hearing Martin waived counsel and identified himself in the surveillance footage while asserting he did not have a gun and that shots from the Malibu killed Reed. Reed’s death became part of broader conversation about youth gun violence and school safety in Chicago.

If anyone knew Caleb, his activities with VOYCE or GoodKids MadCity, or saw the events that day, please share what can help investigators or the family.