Cornell Henderson was 15 when he was shot and killed on October 17, 2010, in Chicago’s Marquette Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The shooting happened about 8:25 p.m. near the 2500 block of West 68th Street; he was hit twice in the back and later died at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Cornell was a student at Chicago Vocational Career Academy and is described as having a vibrant spirit by family and community members.

The neighborhood has been affected by gang-related violence, and Cornell’s death was one of several homicides of young people in the city that year. His killing deepened the community’s sense of loss and underscored calls for better support and interventions for at-risk youth. If anyone has information about Cornell or that evening, please share what you know.