Devasish Nandepu was a 23-year-old graduate student from India who was fatally shot during an armed robbery on January 22, 2023, in the 8400 block of South Holland Avenue on Chicago’s South Side. He and two roommates, all new to Chicago, were walking through a Walmart parking lot after taking a bus when a stolen Kia Forte pulled up and two masked individuals demanded cash and phones. Although the men handed over about $6 and their phones, one of the robbers opened fire, striking Nandepu in the armpit and a 22-year-old roommate in the chest.

Nandepu was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and later pronounced dead at about 4 AM on January 23, 2023. The injured roommate was treated at the University of Chicago Medical Center, eventually recovered, and returned to India. The third roommate, Lakshman Gogada, was not physically hurt but was left traumatized and has considered leaving Chicago. Two 14-year-old boys were arrested later and charged in connection with the attack.

Nandepu had recently enrolled in computer science classes at Governors State University and hoped to work for a large Silicon Valley company. Does anyone have information about that evening or the people involved that could help investigators or the family?