Ronnie L. Peterson, a 40-year-old African American man, was found fatally shot on February 16, 2020, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. Officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert around 8:56 p.m. discovered Peterson lying on the ground in the 700 block of West 50th Street with gunshot wounds to his face and leg. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead at 9:53 p.m.

The Cook County medical examiner later ruled his death a homicide from a gunshot wound to the head. Area Central detectives were assigned, but investigators reported no witnesses and no immediate leads; no suspects were in custody and no arrests had been announced. The circumstances of the shooting remain unclear and the case is open.

If anyone has information about what happened to Ronnie L. Peterson or was in the area that night, please come forward and contact investigators.