Marcus A. Gross, 38, was fatally shot in Chicago on October 11, 2010. His death is recorded among the many homicides that year and is noted in local crime reports and the city’s homicide data as part of a broader pattern of violent fatalities concentrated in Chicago’s most economically challenged neighborhoods.

Family and community members held a memorial and remembered Marcus while mourning the senseless nature of his killing. Reports place his death within ongoing discussions about economic inequality, lack of resources, and gang activity as factors that have sustained violent trends in the city.

If anyone knew Marcus, where he lived, worked, or was seen around October 11, 2010, please share information that could help preserve his memory or assist researchers piecing together that period.