Jianru Zheng, 33, was shot and killed on the night of November 12, 2024, in Chicago’s Chinatown. Officers responding about 10 p.m. to the 2400 block of South Normal Avenue found two people with gunshot wounds; Zheng had been shot in the back and could not be saved. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office later identified him and ruled the manner of death homicide by gunfire.

A 32-year-old man, Faliang Gao, was also fatally wounded in the same incident. Both men lived on the block where the shooting occurred. Investigators described the attack as appearing to be a targeted armed robbery that may have taken place inside a home on the block, with one victim found in front of the residence and the other toward the rear. Police released few specifics about the assailants and had not announced any arrests in the days after the killings.

If anyone who lived in or visited Chinatown on November 12 has information about the shootings or the people involved, please share what is known with Chicago police.