Vernon Commings was 26 when he was shot and killed in Chicago on January 10, 2012. His death came during a year of sharply increased violence in the city, when Chicago recorded more than 500 homicides.

Commings’ murder is described as part of a broader pattern of young men in certain neighborhoods being fatally shot, many of those cases remaining unsolved and creating long-term challenges for grieving families.

If anyone knew Vernon, where he spent time, or has information about the shooting on January 10, 2012, please share what you know.