Khan Butler was a 31-year-old African American man who was fatally shot on October 22, 2016, in the South Chicago neighborhood. The shooting happened about 8:35 p.m. while Butler was a passenger in a van on South Houston Avenue. An assailant on foot fired multiple shots at the vehicle and struck Butler. He managed to get himself to Advocate Trinity Hospital and was later transferred to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 1:23 p.m. the next day.

Area South detectives handled the investigation, but there were no immediate arrests or suspects identified in the aftermath. The case remained under investigation as detectives worked to develop leads. If anyone in South Chicago that night saw the van, the shooter on foot, or has any information about this shooting, please come forward.