On February 9, 2023, around 5:00 PM in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago, 31-year-old Loray Reid Patton was shot and killed. Police say a ShotSpotter alert recorded nine rounds and calls reported shots fired and a crash at 113th Street and Throop. Officers found a white SUV crashed into a front-yard fence and Patton outside the vehicle, leaning against the fence with a gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to Christ Medical Center and pronounced dead.

CPD’s current account is that Patton was driving on Throop when someone, either on foot or in another vehicle, fired at him. Investigators noted ring cameras in the area that might have captured the shooting, but say no one has provided footage. The family describes Patton as a young, respectful father who leaves behind a 3-year-old son, Royal, and they are urging anyone with video or information to contact Chicago police. Has anyone in Roseland seen or heard anything about this shooting or the crash that evening?