Jeremiah James was 15 when he was killed on June 8, 2020, in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood on Chicago’s Far South Side. He was found in the 13000 block of South Ellis Avenue with a gunshot wound to the head about 9:47 p.m. and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The Cook County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

A 19-year-old man was also shot in the leg in the same incident and was taken to the same hospital in fair condition. Police released photos of a person of interest described as a male wearing a white or light-colored hoodie and red shoes, and asked anyone with information to contact Area Two detectives. The investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone in Altgeld Gardens that night saw something or knows the person in the photos, please come forward with information.