Yanong D. Woods, 27, was killed in Chicago on August 13, 2016, during a year that saw a marked surge in the city’s homicides. His death occurred amid a sharp increase in shootings concentrated on Chicago’s West and South Sides; 2016 recorded over 760 homicides citywide, and August was one of the deadliest months.

The community where Woods was killed was already coping with escalating gun violence and insecurity, and his death became one of many that residents cited when calling for stronger safety measures and resources. The broader pattern that year has been described as reflecting both failures in violence prevention and deeper socio-economic problems contributing to the cycle of violence.

Did anyone in the community have information about Yanong Woods or the circumstances of his death?