Emoni Atomah, 23, was shot and killed on January 15, 2020, near St. Sabina Church in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago. He was struck in the chest and abdomen while standing outside in the 1200 block of West 78th Place, shortly after the church’s annual peace march honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. After being shot he flagged down a driver and was taken to Racine Avenue, where police found him unconscious in the passenger seat; he was pronounced dead after arrival at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Atomah had been active in St. Sabina’s Strong Futures program for nearly two years, had recently been offered a job, and was enrolled in a welding program at Olive-Harvey College. He had moved to Chicago from the East Coast and lived in an apartment across the street from the church; the church’s senior pastor, Rev. Michael Pfleger, described him as a good kid making positive changes.

Investigators collected shell casings from the church parking lot and the church offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, but no arrests have been announced. Can anyone who was in the Auburn Gresham area that day or who knew Emoni provide tips that might help the investigation?