Toussaint Williams, 35, was fatally shot on July 30, 2008, on the 6900 block of South Merrill Avenue in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. He was found with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead shortly after emergency responders arrived. The neighborhood was experiencing elevated violence that summer, with Chicago recording more than 500 homicides in 2008 amid widespread gang conflicts and retaliatory shootings concentrated on the South and West sides.

Investigators opened a homicide probe, but available details on suspects or motive were limited, in part because witnesses did not come forward. Williams’ death was one of several that underscored calls for greater law enforcement presence and community-based intervention in affected areas. If anyone has information about that night or knew Toussaint Williams, please share what you know with Chicago police.