Rodrigo Rangel, a 16-year-old Hispanic male, was shot dead on May 7, 2020, in the Ashburn neighborhood of Chicago. He was a passenger in a vehicle on the 3900 block of West 83rd Street when he was struck in the head at about 10:35 a.m. Rodrigo was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and was pronounced dead at 11 a.m.

A 54-year-old man, Steve Kawar, was charged with first-degree murder. Police reports say Kawar told investigators he acted in self-defense after his son called for help, claiming Rodrigo and others had been chasing his son and someone in the car fired first. Witnesses, including an Uber Eats driver, told a different story: they said Kawar fired first and saw smoke from his gun. Investigators recovered a shell casing at the scene and noted an exit hole in the car’s windshield; Kawar reportedly picked up and discarded shell casings before talking to the Uber driver and used a racial slur when describing the occupants.

Does anyone have information about Rodrigo, the vehicle, or what happened that morning?