Franyerson David P. Morales, 24, was fatally shot on December 7, 2024, in the Chatham neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.

Morales had a prior police encounter: he was arrested on December 26, 2023, by the Chicago Police Department and charged with soliciting unlawful business while living at 22 W Van Buren St. The CPD is investigating the December 7 homicide and has asked anyone with information to come forward. Community members and Morales’s friends and family have memorialized him online, highlighting the human impact behind the city’s ongoing surge in gun violence.

If anyone knew Morales, witnessed the shooting, or has information that could help investigators, please contact the Chicago Police Department.