Raymond D Griffin, 30, was fatally shot on November 1, 2016, while sitting on the porch of a residence in Chicago. He was struck in the neck, taken to Stroger Hospital, and died that evening. Griffin lived on the same block where the shooting occurred and was a father of two, an uncle, and a cousin remembered as funny and lively.

Coverage of the case was limited, with reports concentrating on the basic facts of age, location, and time of death. That narrow treatment mirrors broader patterns in 2016 media coverage of homicides in predominantly Black neighborhoods, where victims often received less in-depth reporting and personal detail than victims in other areas.

Did anyone on Griffin’s block or who knew him in the community have information about that night or about his life to share?