Hernando L. Caster, 38, was shot and killed on October 28, 2016, on a sidewalk in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. His death occurred during a particularly violent Halloween weekend for the city, when at least 14 people were killed and 38 others wounded in shootings across Chicago. The circumstances of the shooting were not publicly detailed beyond its timing amid that spate of violence.

Caster’s homicide was recorded in the city’s initiative to document every victim of gun violence and other homicides. His death is described as part of the larger pattern of gun-related violence affecting Austin and other Chicago neighborhoods during that period. If anyone has information about Hernando Caster or the October 28, 2016 shooting, please share what you know.