Marvin Baker was 34 when he was shot and killed on August 25, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a year the city recorded nearly 435 homicides, a period marked by rising gun violence that disproportionately affected African American communities and neighborhoods with elevated gang activity and systemic poverty.

For Baker’s family, the killing is described as part of a wider cycle of violence that community members and law enforcement were struggling to address.

If anyone knew Marvin Baker or has information about the shooting on August 25, 2011, please come forward to help shed light on what happened.