Officer Gregory Ivan Young, 41, was killed on the evening of September 18, 1997, while off duty in Garfield Park at 3500 West Schraeder Drive. He was sitting in his parked SUV with Leslie Adams, a 28-year-old Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy when two men, Chris Davis, 27, and Tory Robertson, 20, approached and attempted a robbery. Davis announced the robbery while Robertson acted as a lookout.

Young identified himself as a police officer, and Davis shot him in the left shoulder. Young returned fire, wounding Davis multiple times. Robertson picked up Davis’s gun and fled; he was captured soon after with blood on his hands and was seen discarding a gun in a garbage can. Patrolling officers found Young collapsed and Davis seriously wounded at the scene.

Young was survived by his wife, daughter, son, parents, four sisters, and three brothers; his daughter later joined the Chicago Police Department. Davis was convicted of Young’s murder and initially sentenced to death. If anyone knew Officer Young, Leslie Adams, or saw Garfield Park that night, please share what might help clarify what happened.