Luis Fernando Cornejo Ojeda was 14 when he was shot and killed in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood on November 29, 2021. He was walking outside around 12:50 a.m. in the 1800 block of West 46th Street after being dropped off by his mother to visit a girl in the area. An assailant approached and opened fire, striking Luis in the arm and leg; he was taken to Stroger Hospital and died that evening.

According to officers at the scene, Luis—despite his injuries—identified his shooter as Alex on an officer’s body-worn camera. A high school friend on a Facetime call with Luis at the time corroborated the identification. Surveillance footage shows Luis being dropped off, then standing in front of a building before a person in a hooded sweatshirt emerged from a gangway and shot him five times.

A suspect was arrested and charged in connection with the shooting. The community mourned the loss of a young boy killed by gun violence. If anyone knew Luis, his movements that night, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.