Dion L. Maxwell was 21 when he was shot to death on the night of August 28, 2017, in Ford Heights, a suburb of Chicago Heights, Illinois. Officers responding to reports of shots fired at 9:52 p.m. found Maxwell in the driveway in the 1400 block of Regent Lane with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights and pronounced dead at 10:48 p.m. Maxwell’s last known address was in North Chicago.

Ford Heights has a documented history of violence, and Maxwell’s killing adds to the community’s ongoing safety concerns. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please come forward to assist the investigation.