Sixteen-year-old Marvel White was fatally shot on June 22, 2024, at about 6:38 p.m. at Ogden Park in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, on the 6500 block of South Racine Avenue. Police say Marvel was involved in a verbal altercation with an unknown offender who then produced a gun and fired, striking Marvel in the chest and legs. He was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital and later pronounced dead.

Marvel was a rising junior at Dyett High School for the Arts and had been at the park with friends, including a visit to the pool, before the confrontation. No one is in custody and the investigation remains ongoing. A $5,000 reward has been offered by parents who have lost children to gun violence through Purpose Over Pain. Marvel’s family and community groups such as the Restorative Project have been distributing flyers and canvassing the neighborhood seeking information.

If anyone was at Ogden Park that evening or has information that could identify the shooter, please come forward.