Modell McCambry was 17 when he was fatally shot on October 13, 2012, in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side. Reports say he was caught in crossfire and believed to have been targeted because of perceived affiliations, although he was not known to be deeply involved in gang activity. His death came on a night that included at least two teenage fatalities and more than two dozen people wounded in separate shootings across the city.

Modell’s killing occurred amid a wider surge of gun violence in Chicago in 2012, a period that disproportionately affected young people in the South and West Sides and prompted renewed calls for community engagement and resources to address gang influence and underlying causes. Modell’s family and community mourned another young life lost to street violence.

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