Just after daybreak on May 23, 2025, Jacques Williams, 45, was walking along the 3800 block of West Augusta Boulevard in Humboldt Park when two assailants opened fire. Officials say one shooter approached on foot and fired, and a second attacker arrived in a waiting vehicle, stepped out and also shot Williams. He collapsed in the roadway and was later pronounced dead at the scene a little after 7 a.m.

Police described an ambush-style attack that unfolded in seconds near Augusta and Hamlin; the shooters fled together in the getaway car, heading south on Hamlin, leaving shell casings and stunned neighbors. Detectives from CPD’s Area 4 canvassed the area for cameras and witnesses, but early accounts offered no motive and described no exchange of words before the shooting.

Authorities had not announced any arrests by day’s end, and public reports in the weeks after the killing listed the investigation as open with no publicly identified suspect or suspects in custody. Does anyone in Humboldt Park have information about what they saw that morning or nearby video that could help investigators?