Kurtis V Stanton was 19 when he was fatally shot on January 17, 2012, while visiting a friend in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Chicago. He was shot from behind on the 1500 block of West 94th Street. Court records show no notable criminal history, and those who knew him said he was not involved in gangs.

Kurtis had been planning to surprise his mother, Kelly Stanton, with news that he was going to start recording his rapping professionally. She described him as her only child, said he loved sports—especially basketball—and was working toward completing his high school diploma at West Town Academy. His killer has not been identified, and his mother continues to live with unanswered questions and the emotional toll of the violence around her in Marquette Park.

Did anyone in Washington Heights or Marquette Park have information about Kurtis that could help shed light on what happened that night?