Darryl Laverick Jordan, 38, died on January 9, 2017, at Presence St. Mary’s Hospital in Kankakee, Illinois. Born December 25, 1978, in Kankakee, he graduated from Kankakee High School in 1997, attended Kankakee Community College, and worked as a laborer. Family remembered him as a devoted father, son, and brother who loved fishing, watching sports, and spending time with loved ones.

Separately, a man named Darryl L. Jordan, aged 21, was arrested on October 11, 2021, in connection with a September 18, 2021, shooting at the Blue Bird Liquor Store in Danville that left two people dead and two others wounded. That arrest—and a parallel arrest of Gregory Burns, 23, of Bourbonnais—resulted in murder and aggravated battery with a firearm charges and high bonds.

Did anyone in Kankakee know Darryl Laverick Jordan or have memories to share about him?