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Derrick Murray was 29 when he was shot and killed on July 13, 2017, in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. The shooting occurred about 12:20 p.m. while he was walking in the 4600 block of West Augusta Boulevard. A red four-door vehicle pulled up, three people exited and opened fire while a fourth stayed in the driver’s seat. Murray was struck 17 times in the chest, back and arms and was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital shortly after arrival.

Police recovered roughly 30 shell casings from three different weapons. Investigators say surveillance and cell phone video show one suspect, Javon Almond, in the red vehicle holding a gun with an extended clip. Two men, Javon Almond, 22, and Ronnie Burnett, 23, were arrested and charged with first-degree murder; both are members of the Mafia Insane Vice Lords street gang and have been denied bail. Almond is serving a three-year sentence at Pontiac Correctional Center on unrelated weapons violations, and Burnett was taken into custody in Joliet.

The red vehicle used in the shooting had been reported stolen earlier in the month. The police continue to gather evidence and pursue the case — anyone with information about Derrick Murray’s death is asked to come forward.