Tyrone Lawson, a 17-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on January 16, 2013, outside a high school basketball game at Chicago State University’s Jones Convocation Center. The game between Morgan Park High School and Simeon High School drew a large crowd; some people who could not buy tickets gathered outside. After the game a quarrel escalated into a confrontation, and Lawson was shot multiple times in the back near 95th Street and King Drive at about 9:20 p.m.

Two men, Michael McNabb, 33, and Brian Hewlett, 30, who used the alias Stephen Gilbert, were arrested two days later and indicted on first-degree murder charges. Tyrone’s mother, Pamela Wright-Young, sued the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Chicago State University, and the university’s Chief of Police, alleging failures in security and communication about prior violence. A jury found the Board liable and awarded $3.5 million; the Illinois Appellate Court later affirmed the verdict, noting the Board’s failure to communicate prior acts of violence to Chicago State University.

If anyone attended that game or has information about the confrontation outside the arena, please share what is remembered.