Emmett Adams was 26 when he was shot in the Homan Square neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side on the night of September 12, 2019. Officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert found him unresponsive on a sidewalk in the 3700 block of West Flournoy Street with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital. The medical examiner later ruled the death a homicide caused by complications of multiple gunshot wounds.

Reports differ on the exact date he was pronounced dead: a Chicago Sun-Times story published September 25, 2019 says he was pronounced dead on Tuesday at Mount Sinai, while online memorial notices mark September 23, 2019. Authorities did not announce an arrest or publicly identify any suspects in the days after the shooting, and community appeals asked anyone with information to submit tips to Chicago police. If anyone knew Emmett or has information about what happened that night, please contact the Chicago Police Department.