Jovante King, a 27-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on July 11, 2020, in Chicago. The shooting occurred in the early morning while King was driving in the 2800 block of North Leavitt Street. A male suspect approached his vehicle and shot him in the head. King was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and pronounced dead later that day.

Investigators say the killing grew out of a dispute over a dice game. King reportedly had received threatening messages about the game and went to the Lathrop Homes housing development to try to defuse the situation. On arrival he was confronted by Saalik Berberena, who allegedly pointed a gun at King’s head and shot him at point-blank range despite King’s attempts to calm things. King’s brother, present at the scene, exchanged gunfire with Berberena but neither was injured.

Berberena was arrested on an unrelated warrant in Crystal Lake and charged with first-degree murder and multiple counts of aggravated battery to an officer; the judge described the killing as senseless and tied to a trivial dice game. Does anyone have information about King’s movements that morning or the dispute that led to this shooting?