Priest Young was 20 when he was shot and killed on the afternoon of March 29, 2018, in West Garfield Park, Chicago. He was sitting in a Jaguar in the 4000 block of West Van Buren Street, near Pulaski Road, with 21-year-old Lovon Jordan when two armed men walked up to the vehicle and opened fire. Jordan was pronounced dead at the scene; Young was taken to Stroger Hospital but died of his wounds less than a mile from where he lived.

The attack left shell casings and multiple bullet holes in the Jaguar; police confirmed two people approached and fired but did not name any suspects. Area North detectives investigated, and news coverage the next day noted no one was in custody.

Family remembrances portray Young as a son, grandson, brother and father who loved basketball, raced bikes with his brother Brandon, cooked with his stepfather John, and leaves a daughter, Peyton, just turning six. His name is listed on memorials and local projects that honor those killed on March 29, 2018. If anyone knew Priest Young or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.