Raymond W. Pryor, 25, was shot and killed on April 15, 2016, in Chicago’s Chicago Lawn neighborhood. He was found unresponsive on the sidewalk on the 6400 block of South Western Avenue in the early morning. His death occurred during a year of sharply increased killings in Chicago, when the city recorded over 760 murders in 2016 amid widespread gun violence.

Family and friends launched a campaign called Justice for Raymond W. Pryor to raise public attention and media coverage of his case and to highlight broader issues of gun violence affecting neighborhoods like Chicago Lawn. The case is situated against a backdrop the text links to gang activity, socio-economic disparities, and tensions between communities and law enforcement as contributors to the city’s surge in violence that year.

If anyone knew Raymond, was in the area that morning, or has information about what happened on South Western Avenue on April 15, 2016, please come forward with tips.