Christian Michael Schroeder, 29, of Chicago was fatally shot on the evening of May 11, 2021 while seated in the passenger seat of a parked car in the West Rogers Park neighborhood. The shooting occurred around 6:50 p.m. in the 6000 block of North California Avenue when an unknown assailant approached and fired, striking him in the neck. He was taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston and later pronounced dead; the Cook County medical examiner ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound to the neck.

Christian is remembered by family and friends as a devoted son and brother who loved basketball, the Chicago Bears and Cubs, and his pets Samson and Poopie the Cat. His parents are Jenny Frances Schroeder and Stephen Richard Schroeder; his sisters are Stephanie A. Schroeder and Holly A. Schroeder. A Life Celebration Gathering was held May 21, 2021.

No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and Area Three detectives are investigating. If anyone has information about the shooting, please share what you know with investigators.