Ramon Bartolo-Ramirez, 65, was killed in Chicago on April 8, 2016. His death occurred during a year when the city experienced a marked surge in homicides, with 2016’s total nearly 58% higher than the previous year and widely described as one of the most violent in recent memory.

Commentary around that year links the increase to multiple, complex factors: cuts to violence prevention programs such as Cure Violence, reductions in proactive policing tactics like stop and frisk, strained relations between police and some communities, and broader socio-economic pressures. Bartolo-Ramirez’s death is recorded as part of that broader spike in violence that affected many neighborhoods across the city.

If anyone knew Ramon Bartolo-Ramirez or has information about his death, please share what is known.