Caleb Springfield was 18 and from Calumet Heights when he was shot and killed on May 14, 2019, in the Stony Island Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. Officers arrived after reports of shots fired around 1:59 p.m. and found him unresponsive on the sidewalk in the 1800 block of East 86th Street. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Jackson Park Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Area South detectives investigated the killing, but no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified. Investigators report a lack of witnesses and few substantial leads, and the case remains unsolved. Caleb’s death is noted as part of a wider pattern of gun violence affecting young African American men in the city.

If anyone has information about what happened on May 14, 2019, in the 1800 block of East 86th Street, please come forward.