Deante Thompson was 17 when he was shot and killed shortly after midnight on May 23, 2019, in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood of Chicago. He and a 15-year-old friend were standing outside in the 6900 block of South Maplewood Avenue around 12:25 a.m. when an unknown person approached on foot and opened fire. Deante was struck in the chest and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where the Cook County medical examiner ruled his death a gunshot wound to the torso.

Area Central detectives investigated, but the 15-year-old who was with Deante could not provide a description of the shooter, leaving a key eyewitness detail unavailable. No arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved. The shooting has had a noticeable impact on the local community and Deante’s family has urged anyone with information to come forward.

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