Dexter Baylock, 31, was shot and killed on September 5, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was one of many that year as the city endured a sharp rise in homicides that ultimately topped 500 by the end of 2008.

The West and South Sides are noted as areas with the highest rates of violence that year, and local officials and the Chicago Police Department were described as struggling to contain the wave of shootings despite community policing and targeted interventions.

If anyone knew Dexter Baylock or has information about the circumstances of his death, please share what you remember.