Donald Holmes, a 29-year-old African American man, was shot dead on January 31, 2018, in Chicago. He was sitting in his Jeep Cherokee on the 4700 block of West Arthington Street with his girlfriend, Diane Taylor, when both were shot multiple times in the back of their heads. The killing was targeted: Deshawn Morgan believed Holmes had been an informant and arranged a murder-for-hire, offering $5,000 and an assault rifle to two Wicked Town gang members, Darius Murphy and Demond Brown.

Murphy entered Holmes’s vehicle and executed both victims. After the murders, Brown bought a used Buick LeSabre and went to Minneapolis, where he traded the handgun used in the killings for another firearm. The investigation led to arrests and prosecutions: Morgan received a 32-year sentence, Murphy—who admitted to several murders under a plea deal—was sentenced to 50 years, and Brown also faced legal consequences. The case was prosecuted as part of a broader effort against Wicked Town, described as an especially violent gang.

Did anyone in the neighborhood or who knew Holmes or Taylor see anything unusual around the Jeep that night?