On April 7, 2026, 16-year-old Kanyae KJ Franklin was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting on the 7800 block of South Coles Avenue in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. According to investigators, a white vehicle carrying three or four males approached and fired multiple rounds, striking Kanyae; he was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Area Two Detectives opened a homicide investigation and have been working from the description of the white vehicle and its occupants.

Anyone who saw the white vehicle or the people in it, or who has other information about the shooting, is asked to come forward to help the investigation.