Mario Hess, known as Blood Money or Big Glo, was fatally shot on April 9, 2014, in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood at age 30. He was struck multiple times near the 5600 block of South Elizabeth Street, close to a red Cadillac Escalade; police recovered more than 24 shell casings at the scene. Hess was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and pronounced dead later that evening. Two shooters were reported, and another man, an unidentified 28-year-old, was wounded and in serious condition.

Hess had recently signed with Interscope Records and was described by his manager and cousin, Renaldo Reuben Hess, as trying to use music to leave his neighborhood. He also had a lengthy history of arrests, including drug and weapons charges. His death is presented as part of a wider pattern of violence affecting young men in Chicago’s South Side and members of the local rap scene.

If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Mario’s movements that night, please share what you know.