Benjamin Ortega was a 15-year-old boy from Chicago who was shot and killed on August 17, 2022. The shooting happened around 9 p.m. in the Little Village neighborhood, on the 2400 block of South Trumbull Avenue. Police say he was struck in the abdomen and, after trying to get himself to Mount Sinai Hospital, was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Benjamin was one of three people killed by gunfire across Chicago that day, with multiple others wounded in separate incidents. No arrests have been announced and detectives are actively seeking leads. The lack of an identified suspect has compounded community grief over this fatal act of violence.

If anyone has information about the shooting on South Trumbull Avenue that night, please contact investigators who are working the case.