Desean Smith, 25, was fatally shot in a drive-by on May 7, 2023, while walking in the 200 block of North St. Louis Avenue in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. A dark Jeep pulled up around 4 p.m. and someone inside opened fire. Smith suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, stomach, and right side and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The shooting occurred during a violent weekend in Chicago that left four people dead and at least 20 others wounded in separate incidents, including the fatal shooting of an off-duty Chicago police officer, Areanah Preston, and two other homicides in Englewood and West Englewood. No arrests had been announced and the investigation remained ongoing.

If anyone has information about what happened to Desean Smith or saw activity in the 200 block of North St. Louis Avenue that afternoon, please share what you know.