Steven Ward was 23 when he was shot and killed on December 2, 2017, in River Forest, Illinois. He and a 35-year-old woman were stopped at a red light in their SUV at North and Harlem Avenues when a sedan pulled up behind them. A suspect described as a black male wearing a hooded sweatshirt exited the sedan and fired multiple shots into the vehicle, striking both occupants. Ward was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at Loyola University Medical Center at 11:29 p.m.; the woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was hospitalized.

River Forest police and the West Suburban Major Crimes Task Force investigated the shooting. Investigators said it appeared to be gang-related and a spillover of gang violence from Chicago, noting Ward was a documented gang member. Despite a description of the suspect and the vehicle, no immediate arrests were made and the investigation remained open.

If anyone has information about the shooting or the suspect seen at North and Harlem Avenues that night, please share what you know with investigators.