Gregory Livingston was 15 when he was fatally shot in Chicago on December 30, 2016. His death occurred during a year that saw a dramatic rise in gun violence across the city, which recorded 762 homicides in 2016. The surge was concentrated in high-risk neighborhoods on the South and West Sides and included a particularly deadly final week of December when more than two dozen people were shot and at least 12 incidents were fatal.

Authorities and community observers linked the spike to factors such as greater availability of illegal firearms and ongoing gang conflicts; the Chicago Police Department confiscated thousands of guns that year in response. Livingston’s killing is one of many young lives lost during that period and underscores the broader social and economic challenges those neighborhoods faced. Does anyone have information about Gregory or his case that could help provide answers for his family?