Nathan Hicks was 16 when he was shot and killed on May 8, 2016, in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. He was struck in the chest while standing on a sidewalk during a particularly violent Mother’s Day weekend that left eight people dead and more than forty injured. Nathan was one of several victims who died that weekend, which included three other fatalities on Mother’s Day itself.

His death came amid an escalating wave of gun violence in Chicago in 2016, a year that saw the city’s homicide rate rise to levels not seen since the 1990s. Community members voiced deep sorrow over mothers losing children on a day meant for celebration, and the surge prompted intense scrutiny of public safety efforts and strategies to curb gang-related shootings. If anyone knew Nathan or witnessed the shooting, please share information that might help his family and investigators.