On September 9, 2010, Myrick L. Diggles, a 19-year-old from Chicago, was shot and killed. The homicide is recorded in the City of Chicago’s public datasets that track shootings and homicides at the block level to protect victim privacy while documenting the city’s violent-crime burden.

Diggles’ death occurred during a year of elevated violence in Chicago, a period characterized in the data by numerous homicides linked in reports to gang conflicts, economic inequality, and the circulation of illegal firearms. The city’s response at the time included stepped-up policing, violence interruption programs, and investments targeting at-risk youth, yet cases like Diggles’ underscored the ongoing challenges facing many neighborhoods.

Does anyone have information about Myrick Diggles, or recall the circumstances around the September 9, 2010 shooting?