Chazz Toney, a 35-year-old Black man, was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood just after midnight on October 10, 2025. Officers who responded to reports of gunfire about 12:25 a.m. discovered him on the 200 block of West 3rd Street; his death was later ruled a homicide.

The Duluth Police Department said the scene was processed and the investigation remained active in the days that followed. No arrests have been announced, no suspects publicly identified, and no motive released. Investigators asked residents and nearby businesses to check surveillance footage from the late hours of October 9 into the early morning of October 10.

Anyone with information about what happened that night or who may have seen suspicious activity in the Central Hillside area is asked to contact the Duluth Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit.