Jose Jesus Hernandez was 19 when he was fatally shot in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood on July 19, 2020. The shooting happened about 2:55 a.m. in the 3200 block of West Cermak Road. Hernandez was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with gunshot wounds to his right cheek and the right side of his abdomen and was pronounced dead at 3:13 a.m. The Cook County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Area Four detectives continue to work the case but many details about what led to the shooting remain unknown.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or saw activity on West Cermak Road around 2:55 a.m., please come forward to assist the investigation.