Stephen Sims, a 20-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on January 8, 2015, in the parking lot of the Walmart at 7050 S. Cicero Ave. in Bedford Park, Illinois. The shooting happened about 4 p.m.; Sims, an employee at that Walmart, was found in the front seat of a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 5:06 p.m. The Cook County medical examiner confirmed his identity and cause of death.

Witnesses heard several gunshots and reported seeing a male dressed in black flee the scene. Bedford Park police opened an investigation and sought information that could identify and arrest the suspect, and the Walmart spokesperson expressed sorrow and said the company would cooperate. No immediate arrests were reported.

Stephen Sims’ death compounded earlier losses in his family: his mother was killed by gun violence in Roseland in 1998, and in 2013 his 5-year-old brother Sterling and his stepmother were killed during an armed robbery. Does anyone have information about the shooting or recall seeing a person in black in that Walmart parking lot on January 8, 2015?