Hussein R. Damra, 20, of Des Plaines, Illinois, was shot to death on February 28, 2020, in unincorporated Maine Township. The shooting happened about 9:20 p.m. in the 9500 block of Greenwood Drive. Damra was found with multiple shotgun wounds, pronounced dead at the scene, and an autopsy ruled the death a homicide.

Prosecutors say the killing grew out of a planned drug robbery. Two teenagers from Waukegan, ages 15 and 17, were charged with first-degree murder; the 17-year-old, Christopher Mota, was charged as an adult and the 15-year-old was charged as a juvenile. Authorities allege the teens arranged to rob Damra of five pounds of marijuana at a meeting in the Golf Mill Center parking lot in Niles. Damra was reportedly shot in the back of the head by Mota after getting into a car with the three who planned to rob him.

After the shooting the teens allegedly dumped Damra’s body near Golf Road and Greenwood Drive and later tried, unsuccessfully, to drive into Lake Michigan. Both Mota and the juvenile confessed to roles in the killing; Mota was held without bail with a next court date set for March 11, 2020.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything relevant that night, or know more about the people involved?