Ural J Durant, 21, was fatally shot on July 29, 2016, in Chicago’s Ashburn neighborhood on the Southwest Side. He was standing near an SUV parked in the 2400 block of West 79th Street when two assailants emerged from a nearby gangway and began shooting at the vehicle. The SUV, reported stolen, sped away as shots were fired. Ural was struck multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The killing came during a summer of sharply elevated gun violence across Chicago; 2016 saw a record number of homicides and many neighborhoods, including Ashburn, experienced incidents tied to gang conflict. Ural’s death was one of hundreds that year, highlighting the risks residents faced amid the surge in shootings.

If anyone saw what happened on West 79th Street that evening or has information about the stolen SUV, please share what is known.