On the morning of July 5, 2025, Darrin O. Carter, 46, was seated in a vehicle on the 800 block of North Cambridge Avenue on Chicago’s Near North Side when gunfire struck him in the back. He was identified by authorities and pronounced dead at the scene, his death added to the city’s summer homicide count.

Surveillance video and license-plate reader data played a central role in the investigation. Prosecutors say longtime acquaintance Obbie Sanders, 49, approached the SUV after Carter arrived, produced a handgun and opened fire on camera. Detectives tracked a fleeing Audi across downtown; officers attempted a stop, the driver allegedly made a U-turn, collided with multiple vehicles and then crashed into a barrier before being taken into custody. Investigators recovered .45-caliber shell casings at the scene and bullets in the suspect’s vehicle, and family members identified Sanders from still images.

By July 7, Chicago police announced Sanders had been arrested and charged, and a judge ordered him detained on first-degree murder charges. The Cook County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Darrin O. Carter of Chicago. Did anyone on North Cambridge Avenue that morning notice a dark-colored car leaving the scene or see anything unusual before the shooting?