Eddie Appleton, a 42-year-old African American man from Robbins, Illinois, was shot to death on the night of October 11, 2018. The shooting happened around 9:15 p.m. in the 13400 block of Ridgeway Avenue. Appleton was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body and was later pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center. The Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled his death a homicide.

Within two days investigators arrested 60-year-old Rodney Knockum of Blue Island. Knockum was charged with first-degree murder on October 13, 2018. According to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, Knockum came looking for Appleton armed with a handgun and accused him of burglarizing his truck; that confrontation escalated and Appleton was fatally shot. Knockum was taken into custody and held without bail, and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office led the homicide investigation at the Robbins Police Department’s request.

Does anyone have information about Appleton’s activities that evening or witnesses who were in the 13400 block of Ridgeway Avenue around 9:15 p.m. on October 11, 2018?