Johnny Shanklin, a 50-year-old blind African American man, was shot and killed on April 24, 2018, in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood. He was walking with a white cane in the 3800 block of West Roosevelt Road around 9 p.m., heading to a corner store to buy bread, when gunfire from a red Chevrolet Impala struck him multiple times in the back; he died at the scene.

Witnesses and surveillance footage showed two men emerging from the Impala and opening fire on several unarmed people near Roosevelt and Avers Avenue. Chicago police officers who heard the shots pursued the vehicle; the Impala crashed at Cermak Road and Pulaski Avenue and the two occupants were apprehended. Two suspects, Dureya Lark, 30, and Demarcus Washington, 22, were charged with first-degree murder. A third man, Deangelo Joyce, was later arrested as the alleged getaway driver; his fingerprints and DNA were recovered from the car and he was charged with first-degree murder.

Lark and Washington reportedly had gunshot residue on their right hands and surveillance video matched the clothing they wore at arrest time. Shanklin’s friends described him as humble and humorous; his killing deeply affected the Lawndale community. If anyone has information about the shooting or the people involved, please share what is known.