Jerome Mazutis, 26, was fatally shot on May 11, 2020, in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. He was seated in the back seat of a vehicle around 8:10 p.m. in the 3300 block of South Lituanica Avenue when a male suspect on foot shot him in the back. Mazutis was taken to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead; the Cook County medical examiner ruled the manner of death homicide from a gunshot wound to the back.

Area One detectives are handling the homicide investigation. No arrests have been announced and no suspects are in custody. The shooting was the second homicide reported in Bridgeport that year; nearby gunfire incidents earlier in 2020 included a fatal shooting in the 3100 block of South Benson Street and several nonfatal shootings.

Anyone with information that could assist the investigation is asked to come forward.