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Lazaro Vazquez, a 26-year-old Hispanic man, was fatally shot on September 14, 2020, in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood on the 2900 block of West Chicago Avenue. Vazquez walked up to the driver’s side and tried the door; a man later identified as Adam Woods stepped out. Vazquez turned to run back to his car and was struck by multiple gunshot wounds to the back of his head, lower back, and knee. He was unarmed and was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Adam Woods, 33, was arrested on February 18, 2021, and charged with murder; he was ordered held without bail. Investigators linked Woods to the scene through a red cell phone recovered there and video footage that prosecutors say shows Vazquez startled as Woods exited the car and then shot while fleeing. Prosecutors indicated they expected to add an armed habitual criminal charge; Woods’ defense has asserted self-defense.

Did anyone in Humboldt Park see the events that morning or recognize the white sedan and its occupants?