Jose Francisco Mata Ayala was 25 when he was shot and killed while sitting at a bus stop in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood on October 21, 2021. Born April 23, 1996, in Arlington Heights, Illinois, he had worked in construction and as an entrepreneur and was remembered by family and friends for an outgoing, adventurous personality.

Shortly after 1 a.m. on the 3900 block of West Fullerton Avenue, an argument with an unidentified gunman escalated and the gunman shot Jose in the chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

No arrests or identified suspects have been reported in Jose’s killing and the investigation remains open. If anyone saw activity around the Fullerton Avenue bus stop that night or has information about the shooter, please come forward.