Gerald Fortson was an 18-year-old African American male from Chicago Heights, Illinois, who was fatally shot on October 9, 2016. He was a passenger in a vehicle on the 22100 block of Torrance Avenue in Sauk Village at about 7 p.m. when a disagreement with an individual outside the vehicle led to Fortson being shot. He was pronounced dead at Franciscan Health hospital in Dyer, Indiana, and his death was ruled a homicide.

The South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force executed a search warrant after the shooting and took a suspect into custody; the suspect’s identity and further arrest details were not disclosed. The case was handled by local authorities and classified as a murder. Few public details about any subsequent legal proceedings are available in this account.

If anyone has information about what happened that evening or knew Gerald, please come forward with tips for investigators.