Jeraun A. McRae, a 39-year-old African American man, was shot to death on the evening of March 16, 2018, on the 5400 block of South Cornell Avenue in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting happened just before 9:30 p.m.; McRae was found on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds to the head, chest, and leg and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:06 p.m. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office listed the cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds.

Area Central detectives from the Chicago Police Department opened a homicide investigation. The case is part of a larger pattern of gun violence affecting Chicago neighborhoods such as Hyde Park, and authorities continue to seek leads and information from the public.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on Cornell Avenue that night or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.