Brian Burgos, 24, was fatally shot on November 26, 2012, in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago. His killing came during a year when the city recorded more than 500 homicides and over 2,400 shootings, part of a sharp rise in violence compared with 2011.

Humboldt Park is described as an area contending with gang activity and socioeconomic challenges, and Burgos’s death is presented alongside accounts that many incidents from that year remained unsolved as police investigative capacity was stretched. Community cooperation was said to be limited by fears of retaliation, complicating efforts to develop leads.

Anyone who knew Brian, was in Humboldt Park that night, or has information that could help investigators is asked to come forward.