Donoven Hawkins, 16, was shot and killed in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on August 19, 2019. He was found with a gunshot wound to the neck in the 2500 block of West 63rd Street at about 10:55 p.m., after a passerby flagged down police. The Cook County Medical Examiner pronounced him dead at the scene and an autopsy ruled his death a homicide.

Investigators reported fresh graffiti on a wall near where Hawkins was found and say they are examining it as part of the homicide probe. Area Central detectives had no witnesses to the shooting and no suspects in custody the following morning, and the case remains open.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or recognized activity around West 63rd Street near 2500 block on August 19, 2019, please contact detectives handling the case.