Elijah Murphy, 38, was fatally shot on November 17, 2016, in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. The shooting happened early in the morning as Murphy was being dropped off at work by his pregnant daughter near the 4200 block of South Racine Avenue. A dark-colored SUV approached and someone opened fire, striking Murphy multiple times; he died at the scene despite emergency responders arriving quickly.

Murphy worked for years at City Foods, a meat-packing facility, and coworkers remembered him as hardworking and friendly. The attack appeared targeted but the motive was unclear, and no immediate arrests were made. His nickname was Fat Head, and his death compounded a sharp increase in gun violence across Chicago in 2016, with Back of the Yards among the harder-hit neighborhoods.

If anyone knew Elijah, his routines, or saw a dark-colored SUV in the area that morning, please share what you know.