Demitrus Tyson was 32 when he was fatally shot in the early morning hours of May 31, 2009, on Chicago’s South Side. The shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. in the 7900 block of South Drexel Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood. Emergency responders pronounced Tyson dead at the scene after he suffered multiple gunshot wounds.

The Chicago Police Department opened an investigation but initial reports provided no information about suspects or a motive. Tyson’s death became one more addition to Chicago’s 2009 homicide toll and left family and friends grieving. If anyone was in the Chatham area that morning or has information about what happened on South Drexel Avenue, please come forward.