Nicholas Kochenburg, 42, of Chicago died after being shot during a confrontation that began with a fender-bender on May 13, 2022, in the North Lawndale neighborhood. Kochenburg was driving with a 41-year-old passenger when the minor crash escalated. An 18-year-old, Richard Savado, took a gun from the fanny pack of the other vehicle’s driver, walked up to Kochenburg’s car, and fired six shots, fatally wounding Kochenburg and injuring the passenger. An Illinois State Police trooper witnessed the shooting and arrested Savado at the scene.

Savado was charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, and unauthorized use of a weapon; a judge denied him bail. Kochenburg’s friends and family remembered him as kind and caring, and the prosecution is seeking convictions on the charges. Only limited public details are available about what led to the confrontation and the relationships among the people in the other vehicle.

Did anyone in North Lawndale or nearby see the vehicles or the moments before the shooting that night?