Bryan Perkins was 17 when he was killed on October 21, 2019, in the Gresham neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. He was outside with a 40-year-old man when an unknown assailant approached and opened fire. Bryan was shot in the chest at the scene and later pronounced dead; an autopsy listed a gunshot wound to the head as the cause of death and the Cook County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

The 40-year-old companion was critically injured, struck in the back, and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center. Perkins lived a few blocks from where the shooting occurred. Early reports misidentified the deceased as a 23-year-old, but authorities later confirmed he was 17. Area South detectives handled the investigation; no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified.

Does anyone in the Gresham area remember seeing Bryan or the shooting on October 21, 2019, or have information that could help investigators?