Jamal J Cole, 22, was fatally shot in the early morning of September 21, 2013, on the Near West Side of Chicago. Police responding to reports of gunfire in the 1200 block of West Washburne Avenue found him on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds to his legs. He was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County and pronounced dead at about 3:30 a.m.

The shooting was a double attack: a 23-year-old man also suffered a gunshot wound to his leg and drove himself to the hospital. Coleman reportedly heard gunshots before realizing he had been hit, indicating the assault was sudden. His death was one of many homicides in Chicago that year and underscored the city’s ongoing struggle with gun violence.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about what happened that night on West Washburne Avenue, please come forward.