José Adalid Celis Gonzalez, a 30-year-old Hispanic man, was fatally shot on July 22, 2022, while working the overnight service window at the Original Maxwell Street restaurant on the 3800 block of W. Harrison Street in Chicago. The shooting occurred about 3:10 a.m. after an argument with a customer, identified as 47-year-old Joseph Freeman of Bellwood, who left the scene and then returned about 20 minutes later. Surveillance footage shows Freeman approaching the service window, reaching inside with a handgun and firing three shots; one struck Gonzalez in the face.

Off-duty officers had tried to de-escalate the dispute before Freeman left the restaurant. Gonzalez was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital but died shortly after arrival. Freeman’s vehicle was tracked on nearby cameras, he was later identified from the video and turned himself in; he was charged with first-degree murder and held without bail.

Was anyone in the area around 3:00 a.m. that morning who might have seen the car or other activity near the restaurant?