Christopher Anthony Lakes, 34, was fatally shot on the night of June 19, 2026, in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. Officers were dispatched shortly before 10 p.m. after a report of a person shot near North Latrobe Avenue and West Division Street; they found Lakes on the 1100 block of North Latrobe Avenue with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and pronounced dead there.

Area Four detectives took over the investigation. Police said investigators questioned a person of interest but did not identify that individual, announce an arrest, or disclose whether a weapon was recovered, whether witnesses saw the shooting, or whether surveillance was being reviewed. Lakes’ death was one of several killings during a violent Juneteenth weekend in the city, but this shooting has been handled as a separate homicide.

Detectives continue to seek information about the circumstances and the identity of the person responsible. If anyone has information about Christopher Lakes, the shooting near North Latrobe and West Division on June 19, or saw anything that night, please share what is known.