Patrick A. Thompson, 30, was fatally shot on September 8, 2017, in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. His death is recorded in the city’s homicide roster and was one of many shootings that year during a period of marginally lower overall homicides but still high violence levels.

North Lawndale is described in connection with systemic problems including poverty, limited economic opportunity, and the prevalence of firearms, factors noted as contributing to persistent community violence and gang activity. Thompson’s killing is presented as part of that broader pattern and as an example cited in public efforts to document and remember those lost to gun violence.

Did anyone in North Lawndale or Chicago around that time know Patrick Thompson or have information about what happened that night?