Elijah James Dillon Bombin, 23, was shot and killed during a late-night shooting near 31st Street Beach in Chicago on June 21, 2024. Bombin, from Crown Point, Indiana, had gone to the beach to pick up his girlfriend; his brother, Albert Galvan, says Bombin was on the phone with him when a verbal confrontation escalated into gunfire. The shooting happened around 3:20 a.m. in the parking lot by the 31st Street Beach boat ramp and involved an exchange of gunfire with several people.

Police recovered multiple firearms and dozens of shell casings at the scene, and three people were taken into custody. The couple’s young children, ages 1 and a few months, lost both parents in the incident, which came two nights after another shooting nearby that left one woman dead. Alderman Lamont Robinson has called for earlier closing times and increased security at the beach in response to the violence.

Does anyone have information about what happened that night or knew Elijah and the family?