Patrick Stegmueller, 35, was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting on October 3, 2017, in Chicago’s McKinley Park neighborhood. The case is one of many homicides from 2017 amid a year of persistently high gun violence in the city.

The shooting occurred in a neighborhood that has experienced repeated violent incidents and that year remained challenged by issues such as gang conflicts and ready access to firearms. Family and friends have shared grief and memories online, and his death appears in local compilations that memorialize victims of gun violence in Chicago.