Antonio T. Pollards was 19 when he was fatally shot on January 13, 2016, in the Washington Heights neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. His death occurred during a week that saw multiple victims amid a sharp rise in city homicides that year.

2016 was especially violent for Chicago, with the city recording over 760 homicides as gun violence and gang-related conflicts increased. Pollards’ family and community remembered him as a young life taken far too soon, and his killing is cited as part of the broader pattern of youth vulnerability in neighborhoods facing poverty and limited resources.

If anyone knew Antonio or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.