Vincent Mayes, 31, was shot and killed on June 21, 2013, in Garfield Park, Chicago. He was found with gunshot wounds to the head and abdomen. His death was the first homicide recorded on the official first day of summer, a day that also brought two other fatalities and eleven injuries across the city.

2013 was a deadly year for Chicago, with 455 homicides citywide and neighborhoods like Garfield Park especially hard hit; Garfield Park recorded 27 homicides that year. Mayes’s killing occurred amid that broader surge in gun violence and the persistent challenges the city faced in reducing shootings.

If anyone has information about Vincent Mayes or remembers the incident in Garfield Park on June 21, 2013, please come forward.