Dontevion Gates was 17 when he was killed on August 25, 2019, in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting happened about 3:33 a.m. while Gates was among a group of roughly 30 to 40 people in the 8200 block of South Maryland Avenue. He was struck in the neck and back; an autopsy on August 26, 2019, listed a gunshot wound to the back as the cause of death and the Cook County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Three others were also hurt: a 20-year-old man shot in the hand, a 24-year-old woman hit in the face, and another adult woman grazed in the arm. All three were stabilized at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Witnesses gave differing accounts of what led up to the shooting, and no arrests have been announced; the investigation remains ongoing. Gates’ family, including his uncle Cornell Rhodes, publicly expressed their grief and a GoFundMe was started to help with funeral costs.

Did anyone in the Chatham area see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?