Kenny Winters, a 41-year-old African American man from Chicago, was shot and killed on February 5, 2021, in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side. He was in the parking lot of a liquor store in the 1600 block of North Cicero Avenue attempting to intervene in a dispute between two men when gunfire erupted. Surveillance footage shows the dispute began as a verbal argument that escalated after one man pushed the other. Jason Bergollo, 35, walked away briefly, returned armed, and fired. The man Bergollo targeted returned fire from behind a parked vehicle; Winters was struck in the back and leg and later died at Stroger Hospital.

Bergollo left in a blue Volkswagen Passat and was tracked by a police helicopter; the Passat then struck a Nissan sedan and an unmarked police car. Bergollo fled on foot and was caught after a short chase. He was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, possession of a controlled substance, and aggravated fleeing, held without bail as a convicted felon. The community remembered Winters as someone who intervened to stop violence.

If anyone witnessed the shooting, the flight of the vehicle, or has information about the events that night, please share what is known.