{"id":11915,"date":"2025-01-28T23:47:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/?p=11915"},"modified":"2025-01-28T23:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:47:18","slug":"police-seek-publics-help-identifying-gunman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/2025\/01\/28\/police-seek-publics-help-identifying-gunman\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Seek Public&#8217;s Help Identifying Gunman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Police Seek Public&#8217;s Help Identifying Gunman in 2023 Fatal Shooting in Avalon Park<\/h1>\n<h2>A Fatal Shooting in Avalon Park<\/h2>\n<p>Keith Strange, 31, was shot about 8:15 p.m. on February 7, 2023, as he loaded boxes into a pickup truck in front of his family&#8217;s home in the 8100 block of South Kenwood Avenue, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner&#8217;s office. Strange was pronounced dead at University of Chicago Medical Center.<\/p>\n<h2>Surveillance Footage Released<\/h2>\n<p>Surveillance photos of a man who may be the shooter were released by police, who described him as having a medium to heavy build. He was wearing a light-colored winter coat with fur trim on the hood, dark-colored shirt and pants, and dark-colored gym shoes with light-colored trim.<\/p>\n<h3>Police Appeal for Information<\/h3>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call Area 2 detectives at (312) 747-8271.<\/p>\n<h4>Get Involved<\/h4>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"gdpsa1OrWXk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HOMICIDE | 8100 Block of South Kenwood Ave. | 02\/07\/2023 |RD# JG144529\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gdpsa1OrWXk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h5>FAQs<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Who is the victim? Keith Strange, 31 years old<\/li>\n<li>When did the shooting occur? February 7, 2023<\/li>\n<li>What is the description of the suspect? Medium to heavy build, light-colored winter coat with fur trim on the hood, dark-colored shirt and pants, and dark-colored gym shoes with light-colored trim<\/li>\n<li>How can I provide information? Call Area 2 detectives at (312) 747-8271<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Conclusion<\/h6>\n<p>The Chicago police are seeking the public&#8217;s help in identifying the gunman in a fatal shooting that occurred nearly two years ago in Avalon Park. The victim, Keith Strange, was shot and killed in front of his family&#8217;s home. The police have released surveillance footage of the suspect, who is described as having a medium to heavy build and wearing a distinctive winter coat. Anyone with information is asked to call Area 2 detectives at (312) 747-8271.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police Seek Public&#8217;s Help Identifying Gunman in 2023 Fatal Shooting in Avalon Park A Fatal Shooting in Avalon Park Keith Strange, 31, was shot about 8:15 p.m. on February 7, 2023, as he loaded boxes into a pickup truck in front of his family&#8217;s home in the 8100 block of South Kenwood Avenue, according to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cst.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/5e07e24\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/780x445+0+42\/resize\/1461x834!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Feb%2F65%2F4ed7e8fe431aba4ed1fbbc5b82a3%2Fscreenshot-2025-01-28-at-10-35-01-pm.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11918,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11915\/revisions\/11918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}