Akim Gaddis was 19 when he was shot and killed on September 13, 2015, on Chicago’s South Side. The account notes that the circumstances of his shooting are limited in detail; he was one of several victims of gun violence that day. His death added to a steep rise in homicides in Chicago that year, which exceeded 450 reported murders in 2015.

Gaddis’s killing is presented as part of a broader pattern of urban gun violence affecting the community despite various efforts to reduce it. If anyone has information about Akim Gaddis or the events of September 13, 2015, please share what is known with investigators.