Lawrence Washington was 35 when he was fatally shot on October 27, 2016, on Chicago’s South Side. His death occurred during 2016, a year that saw a large rise in violence across the city; that year recorded 764 homicides, with over 90 percent involving firearms and a reported 57 percent increase in shootings compared with the previous year.

The South Side is described as one of the areas hardest hit by gun violence, where factors such as rival gang disputes and the availability of illegal firearms were cited as contributing to the surge. Washington’s killing is presented as part of that broader spike in shootings that local efforts to recover illegal guns did not stop.

If anyone knew Lawrence Washington or has information about the shooting on October 27, 2016, please come forward.