Leonard Brown, a 33-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on September 25, 2019, in the Park Manor neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. He was sitting in a parked vehicle at about 10:23 p.m. when two males approached and opened fire. Brown was struck in the head and body and was pronounced dead at the scene; the Cook County medical examiner ruled the manner homicide from gunshot wounds.

Another man in the vehicle was shot in the armpit and leg and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized. Area South detectives opened an investigation focused on identifying the two males who fired on the vehicle. The motive was not immediately clear, and no arrests had been announced as of the latest reports. Detectives asked the community to come forward with information.

If anyone saw the vehicle or the two males who approached that night, or has other information about the shooting, please share what is known with detectives handling the case.