Deandre Wallace, 22, was shot multiple times in the chest and killed on June 15, 2018, in Chicago’s West Woodlawn neighborhood. The shooting happened about 9:50 p.m. in the 400 block of East 63rd Street while Wallace was standing outside a retail business. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

A second victim, 43-year-old Troy Hampton of south suburban Chicago Heights, was also shot in the chest and later died; reports say Hampton was not the intended target and was struck in the crossfire. Investigators determined Wallace was the intended target. Area Central detectives and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office handled the inquiry, and no arrests were reported immediately after the shooting.

The community reacted with grief and calls for more action against gun violence in West Woodlawn. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please contact the investigators working the case.