Brandon Phipps was 30 when he was fatally shot on May 19, 2017, in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood. He was reportedly struck multiple times in the early evening while standing on a residential block; emergency responders pronounced him dead shortly after arriving.

West Garfield Park is described as an area long plagued by high levels of gun violence and gang-related conflict. Brandon’s death was one of more than 650 homicides recorded in Chicago that year, and the account frames his killing as part of the city’s wider struggles with systemic problems that fuel violence.

If anyone knew Brandon, saw him that evening, or has information about what happened on that block, please share what is known.