Donta J. Lee was 29 when he was shot to death on August 2, 2016, in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. while he was walking on a sidewalk in the 5200 block of West Gladys Avenue. According to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, a gunman stepped out of a white car and fired, striking Lee in the chest; he was pronounced dead at the scene at about 1 a.m.

The medical examiner recorded that Lee had been struck 23 times, a detail noted alongside a broader observation that multiple gunshot wounds had become more common among shooting victims. No arrests or identified suspects have been reported, and the case remains unsolved. If anyone knew Donta, saw activity in the 5200 block of West Gladys Avenue that night, or has information that could help, please come forward.