Barine Saro John, a 26-year-old African American man, was shot to death on September 7, 2025, in Chicago’s McKinley Park neighborhood. He was found about 5:30 a.m. with a gunshot wound to the upper body on the sidewalk in the 3500 block of South Leavitt Street, just outside the CTA Orange Line’s 35th/Archer station, and was pronounced dead at the scene. A CTA worker discovered him near the station entrance.

Early reports placed his death among those lost to gun violence that day. Investigators said the confrontation began on the Orange Line and continued onto the street by the Archer stop; neighborhood accounts described harassment on an L platform, a pursuit that lasted three stops and ended with shots fired on South Leavitt. Surveillance footage was reported to show a man and woman following the victim and exchanging words before the shooting. A single 9mm shell casing was recovered near the station.

Police later announced an arrest and charged 21-year-old Aaron Zawadzki of the McKinley Park area with murder in connection with John’s killing; a detention hearing was scheduled. Memorial listings and victim-tracking sites also identified Barine Saro John among those killed by gun violence on September 7, 2025. If anyone witnessed the events on the Orange Line or near 35th/Archer that morning, can you share what you saw?