Dante Morris

Dante A. Morris was a 33-year-old Black man from the west suburban Chicago town of Maywood.

In the pre-dawn hours of July 28, 2020, a shooting in Chicago’s West Garfield Park neighborhood claimed his life and left another man wounded. Around 4 a.m., police officers responded to the 4500 block of West Van Buren Street, where they found Mr. Morris with multiple gunshot wounds. He had been struck in his chest, arm, and ear. Paramedics transported him to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A second victim, a 37-year-old man, was also shot on the same block. He was struck in his legs, abdomen, and lower back but was able to run to the nearby 4500 block of West Congress Parkway. A friend found him there and drove him to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition.

Area Four detectives with the Chicago Police Department launched a homicide investigation. Authorities noted that the attack occurred just minutes after and a few blocks away from a separate fatal shooting, though it was unclear if the two incidents were related. As of July 2020, no arrests had been made in the shooting of Dante Morris, and his case remains unsolved.