Ivan Vega Lopez, a 31-year-old Hispanic man, was fatally shot on March 5, 2020, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. He was walking in the 2300 block of South St. Louis Avenue around 8 a.m. when he was shot three times — in the face, the abdomen, and the chest. Paramedics took him to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:29 a.m.

Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office have classified the death as a homicide. Investigators have said no arrests have been made and no suspects are in custody. Police are investigating whether Ivan, who had intellectual disabilities and the mental capacity of a child, may have been mistaken for someone else. His family said he was not involved in gangs or drugs and remembered him as caring and protective toward relatives, including his niece Luz Hernandez.

Anyone with information about what happened that morning in the 2300 block of South St. Louis Avenue is asked to come forward.