On February 26, 2017, 23-year-old James Morris was fatally shot while sitting in a parked vehicle near his home in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. The shooting happened in the early afternoon; Morris was struck multiple times and pronounced dead at the scene.

Morris, known as Wiggy, attended Collins Academy and Malcolm X College and worked at a Nissan dealership and K Security. Family and friends remembered him as humble, loving, and loyal; he was a father to two young children. His death occurred amid a period of heightened gun violence in Chicago that has affected neighborhoods like North Lawndale.

If anyone knew James, saw what happened that afternoon, or has information that could help his family seek justice, please come forward.