Juan Cervantes-Sierra, a 44-year-old Hispanic man, was shot to death on August 1, 2020, in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. He was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the neck at about 5:25 a.m. in the 6100 block of South Troy Street. The Cook County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators say Cervantes-Sierra was walking home and trying to call his girlfriend when he was approached by 23-year-old Jacob Delgado of West Englewood. Prosecutors charged Delgado with first-degree murder, alleging Delgado confronted Cervantes-Sierra about apparent gang ties, the encounter escalated, and Delgado shot him. A voicemail left on the girlfriend’s phone reportedly recorded part of the confrontation and the sounds of the shooting; GPS data and video surveillance were cited placing Delgado at the scene. The murder weapon has not been recovered.

If anyone knew Juan, his routines in Chicago Lawn, or has information about this shooting, please share what is known with investigators.