Keyon T Boyd, 18, was shot and killed on July 26, 2016, on a sidewalk in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. He was standing with two younger teens, ages 13 and 17, when two people approached from an alley and opened fire, discharging more than a dozen rounds. All three boys were hit; the two younger teens survived their wounds but Keyon did not.

Known to friends and family as Smiley, Keyon had graduated high school about a month before the shooting. His family and community remember him as humorous and bright; his death was one among the more than 760 homicides recorded in Chicago that year during a sharp rise in gun violence that especially affected Austin. The loss left a deep impact on his loved ones, who continue to honor his memory.

If anyone knew Keyon, his routines, or witnessed the shooting, information is still sought.