Dawson Stephan was 16 when he was shot and killed on June 3, 2016, while sitting on the porch of his Melrose Park, Illinois, home. The shooting occurred about 10:30 p.m. after a white minivan drove up and multiple rounds were fired into the backyard; Dawson sustained a single gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead that night at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.

Police described the killing as gang-related and said the house was not randomly targeted. Dawson’s mother, Michelle Stephan, denied her children were involved in gangs and said the family had been harassed by local gangs for years and that their home had been shot at multiple times. Dawson was the youngest of nine, had attended Proviso West High School before dropping out, and had planned a military career; he and his brothers delivered newspapers to help support the family.

If anyone knew Dawson, his family, or saw a white minivan in the area that night, please share what you know.