Michael A. Peterman was 28 when he was shot and killed inside his home in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood on July 18, 2017. According to reports, an acquaintance he had invited over produced a gun around 10:50 p.m. in the 1600 block of West 18th Place and shot Peterman in the abdomen. Responding officers found him mortally wounded and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police searched the block for the man who walked out of Peterman’s home after the shooting. Initial reports indicate there was no immediate arrest. Local reporting years later said a suspect had been arrested and held at the Cook County Jail, while Peterman’s family awaited a trial; that article did not name the suspect and no further details about the killing have been released.

If anyone knew Michael, his routines, or the people he associated with that night, please share information that could help clarify what happened.