Denzel A. Mickiel, 24, of Chicago, was fatally shot in the South Shore neighborhood on August 8, 2016. He was struck multiple times and, despite emergency responders arriving, was pronounced dead shortly after the shooting. His death came amid a year in which the city was seeing a sharp rise in gun-related homicides and on pace for one of its highest annual counts in recent history.

Mickiel’s killing is described as another loss for his family and community in a neighborhood grappling with persistent gun violence and the widespread availability of firearms. Who knew Denzel or has information about the circumstances of that evening?