Davon Taylor, a 20-year-old African American man, was killed on July 31, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois. Authorities say his murder was tied to violent gang activity on the city’s west side and was a retaliatory act directed at him because of his association with people believed to have been involved in an earlier shooting of gang leader Dana Bostic and the murder of Bostic’s brother, Curtis Ellis.

Investigators linked the killing to the New Breeds street gang, which federal prosecutors described as running heroin trafficking operations and using authorized violence to maintain control. Dana Bostic, known as Bird or Mello, was identified by prosecutors as orchestrating retaliatory violence; federal authorities later arrested him and secured a 38-year federal sentence for his role in controlling the drug operation and related acts of violence, including the murder of Davon Taylor.

If anyone knew Davon, his movements around July 2019, or has information about the New Breeds’ activities, please come forward.