Daiquan T. Black, 24, was killed on the block where he lived, the 800 block of North Christiana Avenue in the Humboldt Park community area on the West Side, on Monday, February 3, 2025. Area Four detectives of the Chicago Police Department investigated his death, which the Chicago Sun-Times homicide tracker records as a stabbing.
According to police, officers were called at about 6:40 p.m. One account said the call was about a person with a gun. Officers found Black inside an unlocked residence on the block with a stab wound to his abdomen and a graze wound from a bullet on his face. He was taken to Humboldt Park Health, where he was pronounced dead at 7:43 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. No one else was reported hurt.
The combination of injuries is unusual. Black was both stabbed and grazed by a bullet, which suggests that at least one weapon of each kind was used, though police did not say whether one person or more than one was involved.
No description of a suspect, vehicle or motive was released, and police said no one was in custody. No reward tied to the case could be found.
Little about Daiquan Black's life has been made public. A legal services page that tracks Chicago homicides marked his death with the words "Young man killed," and his name has been shared in community posts mourning young people lost to violence in the city. No obituary, memorial page or family fundraiser could be found for this account. Other men named Daiquan Black appear in unrelated records, which makes it harder to find a public trace of the young man who died on Christiana Avenue.
North Christiana Avenue is a residential street of two-flats, greystones and small apartment buildings in Humboldt Park, a few blocks from the park itself and from the busy Chicago Avenue corridor. The attack happened in the early evening on a weeknight, when neighbors would have been coming home from work and school. A gunshot on the block may have drawn people to windows, and someone may have seen a person leaving the building.
The killing came as Chicago's homicide count was falling. The city recorded about 590 homicides in 2024 and 416 in 2025, the fewest in about 60 years. Chicago police reported clearing 56 percent of homicides in 2024, though that figure counts cases closed without charges, and many killings on the West Side have gone years without an arrest.
Because Black was found inside an unlocked home on his own block, it is possible that whoever attacked him was known in the area, or was seen arriving or leaving. That makes the memories of neighbors especially important.
No arrest, criminal charge or court case connected to the death of Daiquan T. Black could be found in news archives or public records. More than a year later, there is no public sign that anyone has been held responsible. Anyone who lived on or near the 800 block of North Christiana Avenue, who heard a gunshot there that Monday evening, or who knew who Daiquan Black was with in his last hours, may be able to help. Even a small detail, such as a name overheard, a car seen leaving the area or a conversation remembered, can help detectives move a case forward. Anyone with information can call the Chicago Police Department's anonymous tip line at (833) 408-0069 or submit a tip online at CPDTIP.com, or contact Cook County Crime Stoppers at (800) 535-STOP (7867).
