Stephon Jacobs, a 16-year-old student at Woodlawn High School, was shot dead early on Sunday, June 7, 2026, in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago. Police say they responded shortly after 1:30 a.m. to a home on the 7700 block of South Rhodes Avenue and found Stephon upstairs in a bedroom with a fatal gunshot wound to the head; the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office pronounced him dead at the scene.

Family members held a balloon release outside the house in the days after his death and have said they believe another teenager at the unsupervised party had been handling a firearm that accidentally discharged, striking Stephon. The Chicago Police Department has classified the case as a homicide and detectives are interviewing people who attended the party. As of the latest reports, no arrests have been made and no suspects have been publicly identified or taken into custody.

Does anyone who attended the party or knew Stephon have information that could help investigators piece together what happened?