In the pre-dawn hours of July 22, 2026, 15-year-old Lasiah Spyda La Palmer was found unresponsive on the third-floor back porch of his West Garfield Park home on the 4600 block of West Jackson Boulevard. Family members performed CPR after a frantic call for someone not breathing; when paramedics and a police officer arrived they discovered Lasiah had a fatal gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead.

Detectives treated the event as a homicide. Investigators recovered a bullet and a spent shell casing near the porch, indicating the shooting happened there. Neighbors say no one reported hearing a gunshot, and there are no reported arrests, publicly identified suspects, or known motive. Lasiah, known as Spyda or La, had just finished eighth grade and was due to start freshman year at Rowe Clark Math and Science Academy; family described him as quiet, calm, a devoted big brother, an athlete and gamer.

Does anyone who was in the West Garfield Park area that morning or who knew Lasiah have information that could help investigators?