Luis M Romero, 22, was fatally shot in Chicago on October 18, 2016. His death came during a year when the city experienced a sharp rise in homicides, many involving firearms, and when illegal guns were widely blamed for driving the surge.

The 2016 spike in violence disproportionately affected neighborhoods on the South and West Sides, areas described as having limited resources and high levels of gang activity. That year Chicago recorded 769 homicides and a homicide clearance rate of about 21 percent; a shortage of detectives and a prevalent no-snitch culture were cited as factors hampering investigations and community cooperation.

Anyone who knew Luis Romero, was in his neighborhood that October, or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.