On the evening of November 19, 2018, 18-year-old Cortez Harris, an African American male, was shot in Dolton, Illinois. He was taken to Franciscan Health Hospital in Hammond, Indiana, and died there later that night. The shooting happened around 10 p.m.; initial details about how it occurred were unclear.

Multiple law enforcement agencies investigated but, in the days after the shooting, there were no arrests or identified suspects. Investigators reported a lack of witnesses and concrete evidence, which hampered early progress. Detectives continued to follow leads and conduct interviews, and the case remained open, but no significant public breakthroughs were reported in the years that followed.

Cortez Harris’s death was a serious loss to his community. If anyone has information that could help investigators, please come forward to assist in bringing answers and justice.