Walter L. Wright was 17 when he was fatally shot on January 16, 2015, in Chicago’s Gage Park neighborhood. The shooting happened about 7:20 p.m. on the 5800 block of South Western Avenue while Wright was standing on a sidewalk. An unknown offender approached and fired multiple shots; Wright suffered gunshot wounds to the chest, right arm, right leg, and buttocks and was pronounced dead at 8:09 p.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital. An autopsy by the Cook County medical examiner’s office listed multiple gunshot wounds as the cause of death.

Wright lived on the 5300 block of South May Street and was identified as a documented gang member. As of the morning after the shooting, no arrests had been made and no suspects were in custody; the investigation was ongoing and the case remained unsolved. If anyone has information that could help identify the shooter, please come forward to the authorities.