Jhonny Guaman was 20 when he was shot dead on October 29, 2020, in the Buena Park neighborhood of Chicago. Around 2:10 p.m. he was walking in the 900 block of West Belle Plaine Avenue when two people approached and opened fire. Witnesses said the assailants came from a black Jeep; one of them struck Guaman in the chest. He was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and pronounced dead. The Cook County medical examiner identified him as Jhonny Guaman.

Friends and family described Guaman as a hardworking young man who held two jobs and was walking home from one of them. Police later said the shooting occurred during an attempted robbery and on November 5, 2020 a 15-year-old boy was charged with first-degree murder; authorities said the juvenile and another person tried to rob Guaman and that the juvenile fired during a struggle. Other suspects questioned were not charged.

Fundraising was started to cover funeral and burial expenses, with the family hoping to return his body to Ecuador. Does anyone have information about Guaman or the events that led up to the shooting?