Brian Hopkins, a 33-year-old African American man, was shot and killed in Waukegan, Illinois, on September 16, 2017. He grew up in Gurnee, attended Viking Junior High and Warren Township High School, and worked at the veterans hospital in North Chicago, at Gurnee Mills in retail, and in manufacturing in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. He had been on disability for a herniated disc and lived alone at Brookhaven apartments in Gurnee.

On the night he died Brian was out with his cousin—unusual for a typically homebody man—and the two planned to visit a 24-hour casino, likely in Indiana. As they were about to get into a car a man confronted them, ordered them to put their hands on a wall, and Brian was gunned down in what appeared to be a holdup. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and the case remains unsolved. Brian is remembered for cooking, rap music he recorded in his apartment, and his mathematical intelligence.

If anyone knew Brian, was with him that night, or has information about the confrontation, please come forward.