Ernest Williams was 17 when he was fatally shot on October 11, 2008, while walking home from a store in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. The shooting happened on a sidewalk and is described as an apparently unprovoked attack.

The killing left the community mourning a teenager with much of his life ahead of him. Reports say there were no witnesses or further details about the shooters, a gap that has made the case difficult to solve and echoes wider challenges in addressing gun violence in the area at that time.

If anyone saw Ernest that evening or has information about the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.