Clifton A. Frye, a 22-year-old Black man from Chicago, was shot on a June afternoon in 2015 while walking along the 7600 block of North Ashland Avenue in Rogers Park. Prosecutors say comments Frye made on Facebook in the days after local rapper Shaquon Young Pappy Thomas’s killing led to a confrontation on the street. Contemporaneous reporting describes a 17-year-old approaching Frye, opening fire, then fleeing toward a waiting vehicle captured on nearby surveillance.

Frye was rushed to hospital in critical condition and placed on a ventilator. Earlier reports briefly suggested he had died, but officials later clarified he was brain-dead; he died of his injuries on June 18, 2015. Investigators used video from Ashland and Jonquil showing two figures running eastbound, one holding a revolver, and a red Hyundai Santa Fe with a readable plate to identify a suspect. Police arrested 17-year-old Germel Dossie within days and initially charged him with attempted murder; charges were upgraded after Frye’s death and an indictment for first-degree murder followed.

Anyone who knew Clifton Frye or witnessed the June 1 incident near North Ashland Avenue is asked to come forward with information.