Dwight Hughes Jr., 21, was killed in Chicago on February 7, 2016, one of the many victims during a violent year for the city. Chicago recorded 764 homicides in 2016, a 58% increase from the prior year, and almost 90% of those deaths involved firearms. The rise in killings began in January 2016 and affected neighborhoods across the city, often hitting communities already facing poverty and gang activity.

Family and friends remembered Hughes as caring and loving; his death is one of the human stories behind the broader surge in gun violence that year. If anyone knew Dwight, his routines, or has information about what happened that day, please share what you know.