Simmie McGruder, 25, was fatally shot on January 3, 2017, in the Homan Square neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. Officers responded about 11:13 p.m. to shots fired in the 3200 block of West Lexington and found Simmie and his younger brother, Simmieon McGruder, lying in the street. Simmieon, 23, was struck in the head and left arm and was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital at 11:52 p.m. Simmie suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai the following day at 5:13 a.m.

The brothers lived on the 3600 block of West Douglas Boulevard; the shooting occurred just down the street from the Harrison District police station. No suspects were immediately apprehended and no arrests had been reported as of the latest accounts. Their deaths were among multiple shootings in the city that day, including another double homicide on West Fulton Boulevard.

Who knew the McGruder brothers or saw activity in the 3200 block of West Lexington that night?