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Rae Park, a 59-year-old man from Chicago, was killed on December 1, 2021, during an attempted robbery in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. The shooting happened early in the morning in an alley behind his home on the 2600 block of West Catalpa Avenue as he walked to his minivan. Surveillance footage shows a silver four-door sedan stop, a gunman step out and announce a robbery, and a struggle in which Park handed over $20 before being shot multiple times in the cheek, chest, and back. He was taken to Saint Francis Hospital and pronounced dead.

Police identified and arrested 23-year-old Julius Flowers, who was already in custody for a separate carjacking that occurred about an hour earlier in West Rogers Park. Investigators linked Flowers to both incidents with surveillance footage and fingerprints. At a bond hearing Flowers admitted to the robbery and shooting; he was held without bail and charged with first-degree murder, murder while committing a forcible felony, and armed robbery.

Does anyone have information about Rae Park, his movements that morning, or additional surveillance that could help fill gaps in the timeline?