Alixander S. Townsend was 18 when he was shot and killed in Chicago on September 14, 2016. The killing took place in the Roseland neighborhood during 2016, a year that saw a marked surge in homicides and gun violence across the city amid intensified gang conflicts and retaliatory shootings. Few details about the circumstances of Townsend’s death are available, but his murder was one of many that year that disproportionately affected young people and contributed to a sharply higher homicide toll.

What information about Townsend’s case, the scene in Roseland that day, or potential witnesses might help clarify what happened?