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Robert Franklin, a 17-year-old African American male, was killed on May 12, 2019, in Maywood, Illinois. Around 1 a.m. outside a house party in the 2100 block of South Third Avenue, officers responding to reports of shots fired found Franklin with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Loyola University Medical Center and pronounced dead; the Cook County medical examiner ruled his cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds.

A 17-year-old girl was also wounded in the same shooting, suffering gunshot injuries to her lower extremities and treated at a local hospital. Police have said the shooting might have been gang-related, but no arrests have been announced and investigators have not identified suspects. The community remembers Franklin as a bright, promising young man; the case remains open and detectives are asking anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone was at the house party or has information about the shooting, can you share what you know with investigators?