Daemond Russell, 20, was fatally shot in the early hours of August 28, 2023, in the Calumet Heights neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting happened in the parking lot of the Shell station at 1650 E. 95th St. Police and witnesses say Russell was in his vehicle when an unidentified man attempted to rob him; the assailant fired shots and struck Russell in the head as he tried to drive away. Russell’s car crashed into a tree and he was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. A passenger in the car was not injured.

Family identified Russell and described him as an aspiring graphic designer who ran his own fashion label. He had been taking a year off from Clark Atlanta University, was splitting time between his mother’s home in Olympia Fields and his father’s in Chicago, and had recently started a job at a plastics factory while attending a local junior college. His mother, Tatiana Jones, called him her only child and best friend; his former coach, Lawrence Jackson, recalled him as a silent leader with a creative mind. Area Two detectives of the Chicago Police Department are investigating and no arrest has been announced.

If anyone was at the Shell station that night or has information about the attempted robbery, please come forward.