Derrick Gholston, 43, was killed in Chicago on September 21, 2019, after confronting two armed robbers outside the Crispy Cuts barbershop in the Roseland neighborhood. Gholston, a concealed-carry license holder who ran a jerk chicken food truck and often carried a handgun because his business handled cash, handed over his belongings when the men first approached and demanded property. The suspects then entered the barbershop to announce another robbery; Gholston confronted them again with his weapon and an exchange of gunfire followed.

Gholston and one of the suspected robbers, 18-year-old Carlos Smith, were struck and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where both were pronounced dead within an hour. A 51-year-old man was also shot during the shootout. The other suspected robber fled the scene and had not been taken into custody.

Friends described Gholston as easygoing and willing to help others, and the account notes his intervention during the robbery as consistent with that character. Does anyone have information about the suspect who fled or witnessed the shooting outside the barbershop?