Kevin Julian Velasquez, 27, was shot and killed on September 2, 2021, in Chicago’s Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. He was driving south in the 2500 block of West 54th Street at about 9:25 a.m. when an assailant exited another vehicle, approached and opened fire. Velasquez was struck multiple times and was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to Mount Sinai Hospital.

No arrests have been announced and the Chicago Police Department has been asking the public for information to identify the shooter or shooters. The shooting was one of several violent incidents in the city that day, and investigators describe the case as an active homicide investigation.

If anyone has information about Kevin Velasquez’s killing or witnessed the incident in the 2500 block of West 54th Street on September 2, 2021, please contact the Chicago Police Department.