Kaleb Williams, 18, was shot twice in the back in the early morning hours of Sunday, August 10, 2025, on Chicago’s West Side. He and another 18-year-old had been at a large all-night street party in the Austin neighborhood that spilled into several blocks; the friend was wounded in the arm and survived. Williams was taken to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead.

Investigators tied the shooting to the sprawling social-media-organized gathering known as Club JROY. Detectives cited surveillance video, shell casings, witness accounts, clothing matches, phone location data, and a recorded jail call in building their case. Prosecutors said 35-year-old Ortez Owens returned to the scene, removed Williams’s distinctive backpack, and was later arrested and charged with first-degree murder, multiple counts of attempted first-degree murder, and armed robbery; officers recovered the backpack and Williams’s high school ID.

Family members remembered Williams as a recent high school graduate who planned to enlist in the military and who loved music and sports. Does anyone who was at the party or in the neighborhood that night have information that could help clarify what happened?