Anton Sanders was 15 when he was shot and killed on January 20, 2012, while walking in an alley in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. Known by the nickname Pooh Bear, Sanders’ death is described as part of the wave of gun violence affecting Chicago’s youth that year, when the city recorded over 500 homicides.

Reports say a local gang later adopted the name Pooh Bear Gang in his honor, a grim indication of how gang culture and violence are intertwined with community loss. Sanders’ killing is presented as an example of the impact of gang-related activity on families and neighborhoods in Rogers Park.

Did anyone in Rogers Park at the time have memories of Anton or information about the shooting to share?