Karl Jackson, 56, was fatally shot in Chicago on September 23, 2016. His death came during a year when the city experienced a large increase in gun homicides. That rise in violence has been described as linked to several broad changes: fragmentation of gang hierarchies into smaller, less predictable groups, reductions in violence-prevention programs such as CeaseFire, and wider socio-economic stresses including population loss from hard-hit neighborhoods and limited economic and educational opportunities.

Jackson’s killing is presented as one of many tragic outcomes of that difficult period in the city, when more spontaneous shootings reportedly replaced conflicts governed by older gang rules. Does anyone have information about Karl Jackson, where he lived, or what happened on September 23, 2016?