On January 11, 2018, 33-year-old Uriah Hughes of Chicago was shot while getting into a vehicle in the 5300 block of West Race Avenue in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. The shooting occurred around 11:30 a.m.; Hughes suffered a gunshot wound to his body, was taken to Stroger Hospital, and died of his injuries. A 26-year-old man who was with him was also shot, taken to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, and later transferred to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.

Investigators described Hughes as the target of a deliberate attack. For several years the case remained unsolved; in November 2021 a federal racketeering indictment unsealed charges against members of the Wicked Town faction of the Traveling Vice Lords, alleging involvement in multiple violent crimes including the murder of Uriah Hughes. The indictment named Darius Murphy, Demond Brown, Willie Gardley, and David Arrington in connection with Hughes’ killing as part of the gang’s asserted efforts to protect and expand its drug-dealing operations in Austin.

Does anyone have information about Hughes, his activities in Austin, or the shooting that could help clarify what happened?