Pierre Johnson was 14 when he was shot and killed while sitting on a porch across the street from his home in Chicago’s Fuller Park neighborhood on June 1, 2023. Four other people were wounded in the same incident. Pierre was remembered by family and friends for his energy and love of baseball; his funeral was held at St. Sabina Church.

His mother, Tharea Johnson, had previously lost another son, Paris Johnson, to gun violence in the same neighborhood; Paris was shot in front of their home in 2017, was left paralyzed, and died in 2020. A 16-year-old was later charged with firing at police officers who responded to the June 1 shooting, but no one has been arrested for Pierre’s murder.

A family friend, Chris Cozzi, is working to start a nonprofit called Pierre’s Way to give at-risk youth chances to play baseball and avoid violence. Does anyone in the Fuller Park area have information that could help bring Pierre’s killers to justice?