Kevin L Nichols, 25, was fatally shot on August 31, 2015, while standing on a porch in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting occurred at about 9:35 p.m. in the 400 block of North Lawler Avenue when a male assailant approached and shot Nichols in the chest. He was with a female companion at the time.

The killing was one of many homicides in Chicago that year and has been cited alongside the city’s broader pattern of gun violence that affected numerous neighborhoods, including areas with socioeconomic challenges and reported gang activity. If anyone was in or around the 400 block of North Lawler Avenue that evening or has information about this shooting, please come forward.