Julius Coleman

Julius Coleman was an 18-year-old young man of Chicago whose life mattered to family, friends and his neighborhood. Public records and news reporting identify him as a resident of the city’s South Side; in August 2016 he was still at the threshold of adulthood with hopes and relationships that mattered to those who knew him.

On August 9, 2016, Julius was shot in the Englewood area of Chicago and later died from his wounds. Media reporting notes he had just been dropped off on the 5600 block of South May when the shooting occurred; he was taken to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead that day. These facts are noted in contemporaneous local reporting and memorial compilations of people lost to gun violence in Chicago in 2016.

Beyond the public record of that day, community memorials and online remembrances reflect that Julius was known by friends and family — several contributors to memorial pages recall nicknames and describe him as caring with ties to siblings and neighborhood schools. While a formal, family-published obituary matching the exact death date was not found in the available obituary databases, the public record affirms Julius’s identity, age, and the date his life ended. His death is part of a larger pattern of gun violence that affected Chicago in August 2016, and it left grieving relatives and neighbors who recall him as a real person with relationships and meaning beyond headlines.

This page is offered as a quiet remembrance: Julius was more than a line in a report. He was a young man in a family and community, and those who loved him continue to remember his presence and the loss they carry. Where public details are limited, this remembrance holds to the verified facts and gives space to the human loss behind them.