Dion Bell, a 27-year-old African American man, was killed in the early morning hours of December 21, 2019, in Chicago’s Grand Crossing neighborhood. He was standing on the sidewalk in the 7300 block of South Blackstone Avenue at about 1:27 a.m. when someone in a black sedan opened fire. Bell was struck multiple times, taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, and pronounced dead. An autopsy by the Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled his death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

Chicago Police Department Area Central detectives handled the investigation. No suspects were immediately apprehended and, as of the latest update, no arrests have been made. The case has been hampered by a lack of witnesses and the sudden nature of the attack. Bell’s death was one of several shootings that weekend that drew attention to the city’s gun violence problem.

If anyone has information about the shooting or remembers seeing a black sedan in the 7300 block of South Blackstone Avenue that night, please come forward.