Jean D. Vital was 35 when he was shot and killed on October 1, 2016, in Chicago. He was struck multiple times in the West Englewood neighborhood, where gang activity and frequent shootings have been reported.

His death occurred during a year of sharply increased homicides across the city; Chicago recorded over 760 homicides in 2016. Vital’s killing is one of many incidents in neighborhoods facing economic hardship and social instability that sustained high levels of gun violence that year.

Did anyone in West Englewood know Jean Vital or have information about what happened that night?