Benjamin West, 59, was killed on January 4, 2011, in a parking lot in Chicago’s Near West Side neighborhood. The homicide is recorded in the Chicago Police Department’s citywide data for 2011, a year that saw 433 homicides.

West’s death is noted as part of a broader rise in violent crime that year and is included in the statistics officials use to study crime patterns and target prevention efforts.

If anyone knew Benjamin West or has information about the January 4, 2011 killing in the Near West Side parking lot, please share what you know with investigators.