On November 4, 2023, Cariel Hansell Devan Parks, a 29-year-old African American man from Chicago, was one of three people killed in an early-morning shooting in the Brighton Park neighborhood. Officers found Parks and 29-year-old Derrick Byrd fatally shot inside a red Dodge SUV in the 3100 block of West 39th Place; a third victim, 19-year-old Hugo Gallardo Jr., was found nearby with a gunshot wound to the back of the head.

Parks graduated from Corliss High School, attended the Globe Institute of Technology in New York where he played football, and later returned to Chicago to be near family. He worked as a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service and was active in his church, House of Hope Ministries. Prosecutors allege 19-year-old Jesus Franco and two others drove to the location and attacked Parks and Byrd; Franco has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and related offenses and is held without bail. The third alleged accomplice has been identified by police and remains at large.

If anyone knew Cariel or has information about the shooting or the person still sought by police, please come forward.