George Demar Appleton, 49, of Chicago was shot dead inside a home in the 6500 block of South Claremont Avenue in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on December 18, 2023. Police say Appleton and a 47-year-old woman were both shot in the head around 2 p.m.; Appleton was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she later died.

Authorities have not specified where the shots were fired from, and no arrests have been announced. Appleton was born September 30, 1974; the Katrina S. Bates Funeral Home in Chicago announced his death and scheduled memorial services for January 4 and 5, 2024, at 1136 W. 87th Street.

What information do readers in Chicago Lawn have about that block of South Claremont Avenue or about either victim on December 18, 2023?