Nicholas Vaughan was 25 when he was shot and killed on July 19, 2014, in Chicago’s South Side, in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. He was found with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene. The killing occurred during a summer marked by a spike in shootings and homicides across the city, a period when many young men in affected neighborhoods lost their lives.

Greater Grand Crossing has been described as an area significantly impacted by gun violence, and Vaughan’s death was one of several homicides that drew attention to the city’s struggle with rising violence in 2014. Family and friends have memorialized him and continue to mourn a life cut short.

If anyone knew Nicholas or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.