Gurban Yalchin Oglu Bagirov, 30, was shot to death on December 19, 2021, while driving in the North Park neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting happened just before 10 p.m. in the 5500 block of North Kedzie Avenue. Bagirov, driving a black 2020 Hyundai, suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston. Initially there were no suspects in custody.

Investigators say the incident began as a traffic altercation. Prosecutors charged 22-year-old Alexis Del Toro with first-degree murder, alleging Del Toro sped past Bagirov in a stolen Jeep and, after repeated attempts by Bagirov to overtake him, fired six shots from a 10-mm Glock, striking Bagirov in the head. A rear-facing dash camera in an Uber ahead of the two cars captured the shooting; surveillance footage and location data from Del Toro’s phone are said to corroborate the timeline.

Following the shooting, Del Toro reportedly crashed the stolen Jeep in West Rogers Park and fled. Authorities recovered a water bottle from the vehicle with fingerprints matching Del Toro. During a later encounter he attempted to evade police and barricaded in an apartment; officers recovered drugs and two handguns, including the Glock linked to the shooting, from a bag below an open window. Del Toro was denied bail and charged with first-degree murder.

If anyone knew Bagirov, saw the vehicles that night, or has information about the traffic confrontation, please come forward.