Marcell Castle, 19, was fatally shot on February 14, 2009, while riding in a van in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on Chicago’s Far South Side. The shooting happened around 7 p.m. when an unknown assailant opened fire from the street and struck Castle; he died at the scene. Reports describe the attack as appearing targeted and place it among many other gun homicides in Chicago that year.

Greater Grand Crossing had elevated rates of gun violence at the time, and Castle’s death added to 2009’s troubling statistics amid ongoing concerns about gang activity and limited economic opportunities in several neighborhoods. No resolution to this shooting is noted, and it remains one of numerous unsolved cases from that period.

If anyone knew Marcell Castle or was in that area on the evening of February 14, 2009, information could still help clarify what happened.