Steven J Bell was 25 when he was fatally shot on August 4, 2010, on a sidewalk in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. The killing occurred in public, underscoring the visibility of gun violence in that community.

Bell’s death is described as part of a larger pattern of rising homicides and gun violence affecting Chicago neighborhoods in the early 2010s; community memorials and records note his passing alongside other victims from that period.

If anyone knew Steven, witnessed the shooting, or has information that could shed light on what happened that day, please come forward.