Ventriease Dooski Criss was 25 when he was shot and killed on October 9, 2018, in the Washington Park neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. in the 5600 block of South Michigan Avenue; Criss was struck in the head and pronounced dead at 4:33 p.m. A 20-year-old woman who was with him was hit in the left foot and later stabilized. Witnesses reported shots may have come from a passing brown vehicle, and Area Central detectives were assigned to the investigation.

Violence flared again at Criss’s funeral on October 22, 2018, when a mass shooting outside Bethlehem Star Missionary Baptist Church wounded at least six people. Victims included a 21-year-old man critically injured with a gunshot to the head, and others aged 25, 27, 24, 18 and 23 with various wounds. Witnesses said four individuals in hoodies fled the scene along with a green Toyota Camry and a blue minivan. As of the last reported updates, no arrests or suspects have been identified in Criss’s killing or the subsequent shooting at his funeral.

If anyone knew Ventriease Criss or witnessed either shooting, any information could help investigators.