Martarvian Emery, a 21-year-old African American man, was shot and killed in the Back of the Yards neighborhood of Chicago on April 26, 2014. The shooting happened inside a home on the 5400 block of South Winchester Avenue shortly after 1:15 a.m., when 47-year-old Otis Harriel fired a handgun into the building and struck Emery in the chest. Emery was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities say the shooting was linked to a robbery involving Harriel’s daughter the night before. On April 25 Emery and his sister had directed Harriel’s daughter to a house to buy marijuana; she was then reportedly attacked, robbed at gunpoint, and pistol-whipped. Harriel later confronted Emery and a witness, demanding information and issuing threats. During the early hours of April 26 Harriel shot into the home; a 20-year-old woman sleeping there was wounded in the leg and survived. Ballistics tied the recovered bullets to a gun found in Harriel’s possession, and Harriel was arrested about a month later and charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery.

Did anyone in Back of the Yards at that time know Emery or have information about the robbery that preceded the shooting?