Devonte D. Carthan was 17 when he was shot and killed in the Roseland neighborhood on Chicago’s Far South Side on August 13, 2014. The shooting occurred at about 10:30 p.m. near the 10900 block of South Vernon Avenue while Carthan was standing outside. An unknown assailant approached and fired, striking him in the chest. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly afterward.

The killing was one among many incidents in a wave of gun violence across Chicago in 2014 that claimed multiple young lives. If anyone was in the area that night or has information about the shooting, please come forward to assist the investigation.