Marshaun Taylor was 16 when he was fatally shot on August 7, 2011, while walking home from a block party in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the city’s South Side. He was targeted and shot and died at the scene. His death came during a violent weekend that included several other shootings and occurred in a year when Chicago recorded over 400 homicides.

Marshaun’s killing is described as reflecting the wider problem of gun violence and the risks faced by young people in high‑violence neighborhoods. Friends and community members later honored his memory with memorials, underscoring the personal toll of the loss. Are there readers who remember Marshaun or have information about that night in Chicago Lawn?