Erskin L. Palm, 31, was shot and killed on January 7, 2016, in the Princeton Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. The shooting occurred about 11:30 p.m. in the 9300 block of South LaSalle Street, where Palm was found on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds to the chest. Emergency responders arrived but Palm succumbed to his injuries shortly after being discovered.

His death was recorded amid a sharp rise in homicides across Chicago in 2016, a year that saw 764 homicides. Reporting ties the increase to intensified gang conflicts and widespread availability of firearms in neighborhoods facing economic challenges and limited public resources. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Erskin Palm, please share what you know with investigators.