Jaramaine Wilcox Jr., 32, of Chicago, was found near Memorial Park in Blue Island, Illinois, on September 3, 2023, with a gunshot wound to the neck. First responders began life-saving measures and he was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 8 p.m. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide, noting multiple gunshot wounds.

The Blue Island Police Department and the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force are investigating and have asked anyone with information to contact the Blue Island Police Department’s Investigative Unit at (708) 396-7006. Community members have memorialized Wilcox with 34 candles on GunMemorial.org.

If anyone has information about what happened near Memorial Park on September 3, please contact the Blue Island Police Department’s Investigative Unit.