Shamari Salter was 19 when he was shot to death on May 13, 2015, in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood. He was sitting in a parked car with two other 19-year-olds at about 8 p.m. when another vehicle pulled up alongside and someone inside opened fire. Shamari was struck in the head and pronounced dead at the scene.

The attack also killed 19-year-old Terrance Canady, who was shot in the head and abdomen and later died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. A third 19-year-old in the same car was critically wounded with a chest wound and taken to Christ Medical Center. Witnesses reported seeing two men drive off after the shooting, and no arrests had been made immediately after the incident.

Shamari had recently graduated from high school and was preparing for prom. His family, including his mother Stephanie Franklin and grandmother Lorraine Franklin Hemphill, pleaded for justice and called attention to ongoing violence in the community. If anyone has information about what happened that night, please come forward and share what you know.