Rafael Simmons, 31, was shot and killed on May 29, 2020, in the LeClaire Courts neighborhood on Chicago’s Southwest Side. Officers responding to reports of gunfire found Simmons unresponsive in the 4500 block of South Lamon Avenue around 12:45 p.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Cook County medical examiner ruled his death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

Area One detectives handled the investigation. The case went unsolved for several years with no immediate arrests. In October 2023, police arrested 32-year-old Durell Foster and charged him with first-degree murder in connection with Simmons’s killing; Foster was taken into custody and faced a detention hearing.

Anyone with information about Rafael Simmons, his movements that day, or the shooting on South Lamon Avenue is asked to come forward.