Devon Ward was 15 when he was shot and killed in Chicago on May 5, 2019. The shooting happened about 2:44 a.m. in the courtyard of a building on the 3800 block of South Princeton Avenue in the Wentworth Gardens neighborhood on the city’s South Side. An unknown assailant fired at Devon and struck him in the torso; he was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Area Central detectives handled the investigation but no suspects were immediately identified and no arrests have been announced. The early-morning timing and a lack of witnesses have been cited as obstacles in the inquiry. Devon’s death occurred during a weekend that included multiple shootings in the city, and his family and community continue to seek answers and justice.

If anyone has information that could help the investigation, please share what is known with the Chicago Police Department’s Area Central detectives.