Lavelle D. Morgan was 19 when he was fatally shot in Chicago on March 7, 2017. The shooting occurred in the Englewood neighborhood and was one of several shootings that day, part of a particularly violent period for the city.

Investigators reviewed surveillance footage tied to a March 7 shooting in the 6600 block of South Morgan Street around 2:49 p.m. The footage showed a man enter a convenience store near 66th and Morgan, leave, walk a block, return to speak with the victim, then shoot him. Reports later connected a 2021 murder charge against a man from Louisiana to a March 7 incident with those same location and timing details; the victim in that later report was described as a 20-year-old male, but the circumstances align closely with Lavelle Morgan’s death.

Community members have remembered Lavelle by lighting candles and sharing memories. If anyone knew Lavelle or has information about what happened that afternoon, please share what you know.