Darius Juzang, a 24-year-old African American man, was killed on October 28, 2019, in Matteson, Illinois. Officers answered reports of gunfire at 11:09 p.m. in the 5600 block of Allemong Drive in the Woodgate subdivision and found a red van crashed into landscaping beside a home. Juzang was the only occupant, discovered unconscious in the driver’s seat and transported to St. James Hospital in Olympia Fields, then transferred to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 1:53 a.m. on October 29, 2019. An autopsy ruled the cause of death a homicide by gunshot wound to the head.

Juzang had just turned 24 three days before his death. He was described as a skilled basketball player who planned to become an accountant. Police were investigating the shooting as an isolated incident; no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and the investigation remains open.

If anyone was in the Woodgate subdivision that night or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.