Jalen Talbert was 21 when he was shot and killed on August 29, 2017, in the 900 block of Morningside Lane in University Park, Illinois. Police found him with a gunshot wound to the back of his head; he was taken to Franciscan St. James Hospital, then airlifted to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, and pronounced dead at 6:33 PM the next day. An autopsy ruled the gunshot the cause of death and the death a homicide.

The University Park Police Department and Crime Stoppers have been seeking public help, but no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced and the case remains unsolved. The Talbert family established the Talbert Memorial Fund and the Jalen Talbert Memorial Scholarship Fund to honor his memory and support those affected by gun violence, including services for young Black men and students who lost a parent to gun violence.

If anyone has information about what happened on Morningside Lane that afternoon, please contact the University Park Police Department or Crime Stoppers.