Gamaliel Toscano was a 17-year-old Tilden High School student who was fatally shot on October 22, 2009, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting happened about 2:45 p.m. on the 1100 block of West 47th Street as Toscano, known as Gama, walked home from school five blocks away. He was struck multiple times and died at the scene.

No arrests had been announced in the initial investigation, and limited information on possible suspects was available. Toscano’s death drew attention to school safety and the risks students face traveling to and from school, and it became part of a wider debate over Chicago Public Schools efforts to identify and protect students at risk of violence; Toscano was not flagged by the CPS risk model being used at the time. Anyone with information about the shooting or Toscano’s last movements is asked to come forward.