Gary Tinder was 20 and a DePaul University student when he was shot and killed on June 21, 2020, in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. He had been walking home from his job at an Andersonville Starbucks when he was approached by 21-year-old Jahrod Jean. Jean and two others had first driven to the area to discuss selling an iPhone, then returned later; Jean followed Tinder on foot and shot him twice in the abdomen. Tinder was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was pronounced dead.

Witnesses identified Jean as the shooter and surveillance footage matched those accounts, showing Jean discard a black hoodie and later return in a white t-shirt. Detectives used a license plate reader to trace the vehicle linked to Jean and a relative. Jean was arrested on July 17, 2020, and charged with first-degree murder; he was held on $1 million bail. Gary was described as a quiet, happy, and self-motivated student studying accounting with a 4.0 GPA and active in Edgewater Baptist Church.

If anyone who knew Gary or observed the area that night has information, please come forward.