Tyshawn Johnson, a 17-year-old African American male, was found shot to death in an alley in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood on the night of January 14, 2025. Police responding to reports of a vehicle crash near the 5400 block of North Ashland Avenue discovered Johnson inside the crashed vehicle with a fatal gunshot wound to his head; he was initially misidentified as 21 before the Cook County medical examiner’s office confirmed his identity.

A 26-year-old man was also found nearby with gunshot wounds to his shoulder and neck and was taken in critical condition to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston. Authorities say the shooting likely occurred elsewhere because there were no reports of gunfire in the immediate area. Surveillance footage from a nearby residence shows an individual sprinting down the alley minutes before police arrived, moving through snow and leaving a trail of blood. No arrests have been announced and Area 3 detectives continue to investigate.

Johnson’s mother, Shatara Clark, described him as an early graduate of Sullivan House alternative school who planned to start plumbing school while taking college courses; she said he was an honor roll student, an athlete and a video game enthusiast. Clark has urged anyone with information to come forward. Does anyone in Andersonville have tips or saw anything that night that could help investigators?