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Hernando Lamont Caster, 38, was fatally shot on October 28, 2016, on a sidewalk in the 4900 block of West Huron Street in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. Two gunmen reportedly approached him and shot him in the back and thighs; he was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and pronounced dead at 10:58 p.m. Authorities described the shooting as believed to be gang-related.

The killing occurred during an unusually violent Halloween weekend in Chicago that weekend, when 17 people were killed and 42 wounded across the city. Those casualties drew attention to how police resources were deployed, since many officers were concentrated near Wrigley Field for World Series events while violence continued elsewhere.

No arrests or suspects have been identified in Caster’s murder and the case remains unsolved. If anyone has information about Hernando Caster, his movements that night, or the shooting on West Huron Street, please come forward.