Joshua J. Davis was 18 and an aspiring rapper known as JayLoud when he was killed on December 25, 2012, in Chicago. After an argument with several people on a CTA bus, he was followed after getting off and was shot multiple times in the torso and head near the 2000 block of West 69th Street.

Witnesses and observers linked the attack to the hoodie he wore, which honored his friend Joseph Lil JoJo Coleman, who had been killed a few months earlier in September 2012. JayLoud’s death was described as part of escalating tensions in the local music scene between rival factions of aspiring rappers and associated street groups; it came amid a year in Chicago that recorded over 500 homicides. No suspects had been identified and the investigation remained open. His family spoke about their grief and framed the killing as reflecting broader issues of gun violence and community safety.

Does anyone have information about the events on that CTA route or the block of West 69th Street on December 25, 2012?