James Chatman, 57, was shot multiple times on the morning of September 6, 2025, on the 3000 block of West Polk Street in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood. The shooting occurred about 10:13 a.m.; officers and paramedics took Chatman to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead and the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. Records list him as a resident of the 4200 block of West 21st Place on the city’s West Side, a detail that underscores the impact on the community he called home.

Detectives canvassed the block and interviewed witnesses after the shooting; within days investigators identified a suspect. On September 9 Chicago police announced the arrest of 26-year-old Jermaine Sutton, who was charged with first-degree murder in Chatman’s killing and with a misdemeanor count of cannabis possession. The shooting happened in broad daylight on a residential block during a violent early-September weekend, and a memorial page later noted Chatman’s name and date of death.

Does anyone on East Garfield Park remember seeing or hearing anything around Polk Street that morning?