Swaysee Rankin was 15 when he was shot multiple times and killed near his home in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood on September 4, 2023. The shooting followed a small argument and misunderstanding with someone he considered a friend or brother; he was driven to the hospital but died shortly after arrival.

Swaysee had survived an earlier shooting two years before that was a mistaken-identity incident, during which he helped save a friend by using his shirt to stem her wound. He had recently earned his 8th grade diploma and was preparing to start high school. Family remember him as loving, overprotective, and deeply committed to those close to him; his sister Swaysiana Rankin has spoken about coping with the loss while finishing her senior year.

The community organized a fundraiser to help cover funeral costs, and a funeral was held at Homewood Memorial Gardens Cemetery on September 23, 2023. Does anyone in the South Shore area have information about the dispute that led to Swaysee’s death or saw what happened that day?