Seventeen-year-old Donnell Jamison, a student and football player at Corliss High School, was found dead May 18, 2023, in Fuller Park, Chicago. He suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head and his body was discovered between two houses. No arrests have been reported and the killer remains at large.

His death came during a Memorial Day weekend that saw a sharp spike in shootings across the city — 53 people shot and 11 killed — a pattern city leaders tied to community disinvestment, poverty, and trauma. Corliss High School students and teachers publicly expressed deep sorrow and renewed calls for less gun violence and more attention to students’ well-being and education.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Interim CPD Superintendent Fred Waller addressed the public about the surge, noting efforts to recover illegal guns and to improve neighborhood safety. The circumstances of Donnell Jamison’s killing remain unresolved; if anyone has information about what happened in Fuller Park that day, please come forward to help the investigation.