Elbert Farris, 25, was fatally shot on July 19, 2015, on the 500 block of North Avers Avenue in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. The shooting occurred late in the evening, about 10 p.m. Officers who responded to reports of gunfire found Farris on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds; emergency responders were unable to save him and he died at the scene.

His death came during a violent weekend in the city and amid a 2015 surge of homicides that disproportionately affected neighborhoods like East Garfield Park, where poverty and gang influence were cited as ongoing challenges. Farris’s killing underscores the toll that recurring gun violence takes on families and communities and the need for sustained intervention and resources.

If anyone has information about what happened that night on North Avers Avenue, please share what you know.