Demetrius Southerland, a 21-year-old African American man from Chicago, was shot in the head while walking his girlfriend’s dog in the 14800 block of Kimbark Avenue in Dolton on May 13, 2015. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn but died the next afternoon. Dolton had not seen a murder in two years before this killing.

Southerland worked in construction with his grandfather and, according to his family, had no known enemies or prior contact with police. The Dolton police and the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force investigated, and community activist Andrew Holmes offered a $1,000 reward for information. The investigation has faced challenges because of few witnesses and no clear motive, and no arrests have been reported.

If anyone saw or heard anything the night of May 13, 2015, or has information that could help Demetrius’s family, please come forward.