Andre Shearer, a 55-year-old man from Evanston, Illinois, was fatally shot on the night of February 23, 2025, in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. The shooting occurred around 9:45 p.m. on North Damen Avenue; Shearer was found with gunshot wounds to the neck and head and was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was pronounced dead.

A 31-year-old man was also critically wounded in the same attack, suffering gunshot injuries to the chest and both legs and transported to St. Francis for treatment. Authorities arrested a suspect less than an hour after the shooting: 33-year-old Cleophus Rufus of Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood. Rufus was charged with first-degree murder in Shearer’s death and first-degree attempted murder and aggravated battery for the other victim. Police have not disclosed a motive, and investigators say they are working to determine whether additional suspects were involved.

If anyone in Rogers Park that night saw activity on North Damen Avenue or has information about the shooting, please come forward.