Julian J. Yaber, 23, of Chicago was fatally shot in the early morning hours of June 2, 2020 in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side. He was in a vehicle at about 2:23 a.m. in the 2600 block of South Keeler Avenue when someone in a gray Ford sedan opened fire, striking him in the neck and shoulder. He was taken to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead at 10:17 a.m. the following day. The Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled the death a homicide.

Area Four detectives are investigating. No arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. Friends and family remembered Julian as kind and caring; the community’s reaction has included calls for justice and efforts to find those responsible. If anyone has information about the shooting or the gray Ford sedan, please contact investigators.