Cedrick Hicks, 33, was shot and killed inside a home on the 6300 block of South Elizabeth Street in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood in the early morning hours of August 31, 2025. Police say the shooting occurred around 2:50 a.m. during an argument with someone he knew; Hicks was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head.

Reports describe the encounter as a brief dispute between acquaintances that turned fatal, leaving family and neighbors to wake to police tape across the doorway and a quiet house. Authorities noted the killing as part of a violent Labor Day weekend in the city and did not name or arrest any suspects in the immediate aftermath. No charges had been announced in connection with his death.

Did anyone in Englewood know Cedrick Hicks or see activity around South Elizabeth Street that night?