Stephan R. Hammond, 18, was shot and killed on the North Side of Chicago in the Sheridan Park section of Uptown on the night of Friday, September 26, 2025. Officers answered reports of gunfire around 11:49–11:50 p.m. in the 1200 block of West Sunnyside Avenue and found Hammond unresponsive in the street with a gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital and pronounced dead. A 27-year-old woman was also struck in the arm and taken to the same hospital in good condition.

Investigators recovered four guns at the scene as detectives searched alleyways and streets for shell casings and surveillance angles. By the next day police said no one was in custody and Area Three detectives were leading the investigation; authorities had not announced any arrests, charges, a suspect identity, or a motive. If anyone in Sheridan Park that night saw activity around West Sunnyside Avenue or has surveillance footage, please come forward with information.