Raul F. Cruz Aguilar was 20 when he was fatally shot on February 12, 2020, inside a vehicle in Chicago’s Gage Park neighborhood. The shooting occurred about 10:20 p.m. on the 5300 block of South Albany Avenue after a back-seat passenger opened fire. Aguilar was struck in the chest, taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and pronounced dead; the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide.

A 27-year-old front-seat passenger was also shot in the torso, fled on foot, was taken to Holy Cross Hospital by a friend and later transferred to Mount Sinai, where he was reported in good condition. Police said the incident appeared drug-related and Area Central detectives opened the investigation; no one was in custody that night and no arrest was announced then.

Does anyone who lived in or around Gage Park that night have information about the vehicle, the people involved, or what led to the shooting?