Hugo Tecomateco was 20 when he was found unresponsive on a Chicago sidewalk on August 8, 2020. He was located in the 2100 block of North Parkside Avenue in the Belmont Central neighborhood with gunshot wounds to his head and lower back, and died after being taken to Loyola University Medical Center. An autopsy confirmed the gunshot wounds were fatal and the death was ruled a homicide.

There were no witnesses to the shooting and no suspects were immediately identified. Area Five detectives with the Chicago Police Department opened an investigation, but as of the latest update no arrests have been announced and investigators report few concrete leads. Hugo’s family and community members have called for information to help solve the case.

If anyone has information about Hugo, his movements on August 8, 2020, or the area around North Parkside Avenue that day, please come forward to investigators.