Johnathan Stanton, 31, was shot to death on June 7, 2020, in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. He was sitting in a van parked in the 1500 block of South St. Louis Avenue at about 12:25 a.m. when an unknown assailant approached and fired multiple shots, striking him in the head, neck, and chest. Stanton was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and was pronounced dead shortly after arrival; the Cook County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide by gunshot wounds.

Area Four detectives are handling the investigation, which remains active but unsolved. No arrests have been announced; the case has been complicated by a lack of witnesses and the circumstances of the shooting. Stanton’s family and community remember him as a kind, hardworking person, and local vigils and rallies have been held in his honor.

If anyone has information about the shooting in the 1500 block of South St. Louis Avenue around 12:25 a.m. on June 7, 2020, please come forward.