Rodney Woods, a 28-year-old African American man, was shot on April 17, 2020, in Chicago’s Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. He was inside a vehicle with a 2-year-old child on West 84th Street around 6 p.m. when another vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired into their car. Woods was struck in the back of the head, lost control, and the car crashed into a porch. The child was shot in the foot and later stabilized at a local hospital.

Woods was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and died of multiple gunshot wounds on April 21, 2020, according to the autopsy. The Chicago Police Department opened a homicide investigation; detectives are working the case but no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been reported. The family and community have called for justice and for efforts to address gun violence in the area.

If anyone has information about the shooting on West 84th Street that evening, please contact the Chicago Police Department.