On the evening of May 24, 2015, 15-year-old Raheem Dameron was standing with a 14-year-old friend in the 4400 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood when a light-colored sedan approached and someone inside opened fire. Raheem was struck multiple times in the back and pronounced dead at the scene. The 14-year-old companion suffered a gunshot wound to the ankle and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where his condition stabilized.

Chicago police investigated the shooting as gang-related. On June 14, 2015, 20-year-old Arieus Fitch, residing in the 6900 block of South Paxton Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Raheem’s death and the wounding of the younger boy; authorities identified him as the shooter who fired from the sedan. The case was later mentioned by U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon in a September 28, 2015 speech about the wider impact of gun violence on Chicago youth.

If anyone has information about that night on South Cottage Grove Avenue, please come forward to help Raheem’s family find answers.