Remone Butler Jr., 27, was shot and killed in the early hours of June 6, 2020, on Diplomat Lane in Ford Heights, Illinois. Officers on patrol heard gunshots about 12:50 a.m. and found Butler on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso; he was taken to Franciscan Health in Dyer, Indiana, and pronounced dead at 1:41 a.m. The Lake County, Indiana, coroner’s office ruled the death a homicide.

A loaded handgun was found near Butler’s body. Another man, 22, suffered an abdominal wound and was also taken to Franciscan Health in Olympia Fields. No arrests were made at the scene and authorities were investigating the circumstances and pursuing leads. The shooting drew a large crowd and left the Ford Heights community in shock.

Who in the Ford Heights area might have seen or heard what happened that night and can help investigators piece together the sequence of events?