Andre J. Ephrame, 19, was shot and killed on September 15, 2011, in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting occurred about 10:30 p.m. in the 4900 block of North Troy Street.

Reports say the killing was retaliation connected to the shooting of Alfredo Carranza’s brother in California; Carranza and an accomplice, Miguel Ruiz, targeted Ephrame because of his affiliation with a local Chicago gang even though he had no connection to the California incident. Family and friends remembered Ephrame as someone who had made mistakes but was trying to turn his life around. The case illustrates how gang reprisals sometimes ensnare people who were not involved in the original dispute.

Did anyone in Albany Park that night see or hear anything that could help piece together what happened?