Darrell Peden was 17 when he was shot and killed on July 18, 2016, in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood. Officers responding about 9:25 p.m. found him lying in the street in the 4400 block of West West End Avenue with gunshot wounds; he died despite efforts to save him. The shooting occurred during a day that left two people dead and 12 others wounded across the city.

Teachers and loved ones described Darrell as charismatic and lively, a high school student with a bright future. His death is presented as part of a larger surge of gun violence in Chicago in 2016, a year that saw nearly 800 homicides concentrated in neighborhoods including West Garfield Park. Reports link much of the violence that year to systemic inequality, poverty, and the fragmentation of gangs into smaller, more volatile groups, and note a low clearance rate for murder cases.

Does anyone who knew Darrell or was in West Garfield Park that evening have information that could help shed light on what happened?