John Bolden, 47, was shot and killed on September 18, 2017, while sitting in a parked car in the 10100 block of South Racine Avenue in the Washington Heights neighborhood on Chicago’s Far South Side. The shooting happened at about 11:22 p.m.; an assailant in a gray van reportedly fired multiple shots, striking Bolden several times in the side. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and pronounced dead at 12:20 a.m. the next day.

Area South detectives handled the investigation. No arrests had been announced as of the latest information and the case remained unsolved, with the shooter at large. Bolden’s death was recorded as Chicago’s 500th homicide for 2017, a grim milestone noted at the time.

If anyone saw activity around South Racine Avenue that night or has information about a gray van in the area, please come forward to investigators.