Kenneth Sandy, 30, of Chicago was fatally shot on November 16, 2023, in Rogers Park, in the 1600 block of West Howard near the Howard CTA station. Reports say an argument between Sandy and another man escalated into a physical confrontation, during which the other man produced a gun and shot Sandy. Surveillance cameras captured the shooting and police were called. Sandy sustained two gunshot wounds to the left side of his chest and one to his arm and died less than 30 minutes after the shooting.

A 25-year-old man, Kamari Robinson, approached officers at the scene and admitted to shooting Sandy but said he acted in self-defense and told officers he had given the gun to his sister after the incident. Prosecutors chose not to charge Robinson with murder, citing self-defense, and instead charged him with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon. Robinson’s arrest report notes prior convictions, including aggravated battery and a 2016 hate crime; he received two years for the battery and one year for the hate crime. At a detention hearing, Judge Kelly McCarthy released Robinson on an ankle monitor, denying the state’s request to keep him jailed pending trial.

Did anyone in Rogers Park see the confrontation near Howard station or have information about the moments before the shooting?