Sydney Caldwell, a 26-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on July 26, 2017, in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago. He was sitting in his car in an alley off the 4700 block of West Maypole around 4:30 p.m. when 20-year-old Demarcus Simmons allegedly approached the driver’s side and fired multiple close-range shots. Caldwell was found slumped over the wheel, taken to Stroger Hospital, and pronounced dead about half an hour later. An autopsy reported he had been struck by eight bullets.

Simmons, who was already in custody on an unrelated attempted murder charge, was identified by witnesses as the shooter and was charged with first-degree murder. He was ordered held without bond. Prosecutors also charged him with armed robbery and aggravated battery with a firearm tied to a separate August 23, 2017 shooting that wounded another 26-year-old man. The case drew attention to gun violence in West Garfield Park and its effects on families and the community.

If anyone knew Sydney, his movements that afternoon, or saw anything in the 4700 block of West Maypole alley on July 26, 2017, please share information.