Albert S. Turnage was 23 when he was fatally shot in the early hours of February 25, 2015, in an alley in the 7100 block of North Clark Street in Chicago. Officers found Turnage with a gunshot wound to the chest and another 30-year-old man with multiple gunshot injuries; Turnage was taken to St. Francis Hospital and pronounced dead, while the other victim survived with critical wounds.

Investigators tied the killing to alleged gang-related activity and charged 25-year-old Harvey Pitts of West Humboldt Park with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Turnage and another 23-year-old victim, Jontaye Walker. Prosecutors say Pitts drove a minivan to the scene, that he and an unidentified gunman had obtained a firearm from a friend beforehand, and that the weapon was later sold to a South Side drug dealer. Pitts was located in federal custody in Kentucky, extradited to Chicago, denied bail, and has a criminal history including weapons convictions and aggravated battery of a police officer.

Turnage’s family described him as a hardworking father who grew up in the foster system and was not gang-affiliated; a witness said Pitts showed no remorse after learning that. Does anyone have information about Turnage, his movements that night, or the minivan reportedly used in the attack?