Aarian Bonds, 29, was killed in Chicago on July 16, 2009, in a fatal shooting. At the time of his death he was living with his brother.

Bonds’s name surfaced later in the courtroom of an unrelated 2006 shooting. Defense attorneys in the trial of a man identified as Towers argued that Bonds — who reportedly drove a similar vehicle and had similar physical features — may have been the person involved in that earlier incident. The defense also claimed Bonds was present during the 2006 shooting and was romantically involved with the victim’s ex-girlfriend, a detail the trial debated.

His 2009 death was not part of the 2006 case but added another tragic element to a story already affecting his family and others in the city. If anyone knew Bonds, lived near him, or has information about either incident, please share what you can.