On March 22, 2015, 21-year-old African American male Dushanti Hassell was shot and killed in an alley in the 2200 block of West Winnemac Avenue in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting occurred about 6:30 p.m.; Hassell was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the head and pronounced dead at 9:33 p.m. A red SUV was seen leaving the scene.

Prosecutors say 21-year-old Amin H. Smith arranged to meet Hassell earlier that day at a Dunkin Donuts on the 6200 block of South Western Avenue. Smith, a friend, and Smith’s mother traveled to the meeting; Smith and Hassell got into the friend’s car and went to the Winnemac alley. The friend later reported hearing a fight, then saw the two men wrestling over a gun and Hassell on the ground pleading as Smith pointed a gun at his head. A single shot was heard, and Smith allegedly returned to the car wiping himself and the weapon with a towel. Cellphones belonging to Hassell and Smith were recovered in the alley, and a witness gave police the license plate of the vehicle that left the scene.

Amin H. Smith was charged with first-degree murder and ordered held without bail; his next court appearance was scheduled for April 15. Did anyone in the Ravenswood area see the red SUV or have information about that evening?