Kelan J. Robinson, 23, was fatally shot in Chicago on March 23, 2012. His death occurred during a year when the city recorded 506 homicides, up from 435 in 2011, and amid a particularly violent March that saw 53 killings compared with 23 the previous March.

Observers have noted several citywide factors linked to the surge in violence that year: an unusually warm March that increased outdoor activity, and the Chicago Police Department’s disbandment of specialized gang units that had focused on hot spots. Economic hardship and limited opportunities were also cited as part of the broader context affecting neighborhood violence.

Robinson’s shooting is one of many individual tragedies within that larger pattern of rising homicides in 2012. If anyone knew Kelan Robinson or has information about the shooting on March 23, 2012, please come forward.