Charles Jackson was 30 when he was fatally shot on August 2, 2008, in Chicago’s Riverdale neighborhood. He was found in the Chicago Housing Authority parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders.

Jackson’s killing was described as part of a broader surge in Chicago homicides in 2008 and occurred against a backdrop of gang activity, poverty, underinvestment and limited opportunities in Riverdale that the narrative links to the neighborhood’s high violence rates.

Did anyone in Riverdale at the time see or hear anything about the shooting in the CHA parking lot on August 2, 2008?