Reginald Hoover was 24 when he was killed in Chicago on April 18, 2007. His death appears in the City of Chicago’s homicide statistics for 2007, a year that showed elevated violent crime across multiple neighborhoods.

Public safety records place his killing amid a wider surge of homicides that year, a period marked by frequent gun violence, gang activity, and many families left grieving.

Anyone who knew Reginald, remembers the circumstances of his death, or has information that could help shed light on this case is asked to come forward.