Deandre J Banks

Deandre J. Banks was a 16-year-old Chicago youth whose life was centered in his West Side neighborhood. Public records show he lived in the 5400 block of West Ohio, a part of the city where family, friends, and community ties shape daily life for many young people.

Though public information about Deandre’s life is limited, reports identify him as a student-age teen. That detail, together with remembrances collected on community memorial sites, suggests he was known to people in his schools and neighborhood. Community-led memorial pages that remember those lost to gun violence list him among other young Chicagoans whose potential and presence mattered to family and friends.

On October 29, 2016, Deandre was shot and later pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital at 5:14 p.m., according to contemporaneous news accounts. His passing occurred during a year of intense loss across parts of the city; even so, each name represents a distinct life, relationships, and networks of people who grieved him.

There is no published, family-authorized obituary located in the public record that matches his name and the exact date of death. Because of the limited publicly available personal details, this remembrance emphasizes Deandre’s humanity and the reality that a young life was cut short. He is remembered here as a son, neighbor, and young person of Chicago whose life mattered to those who knew him. If family or close friends wish to share memories, photos, or corrections to ensure a fuller, family-led tribute, those contributions would honor Deandre’s memory and help make this remembrance more complete.