Juan Linares Campos, a 24-year-old Hispanic man, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of December 29, 2019, in Chicago’s Gage Park neighborhood. At about 2:11 a.m. he was riding in the back seat of a vehicle in the 5100 block of South Washtenaw Avenue when two males on the corner flashed gang signs and opened fire. The driver rushed Juan to Mount Sinai Hospital after he suffered a gunshot wound to the side of his torso; Juan was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Juan Linares Campos was born March 9, 1995, in California and raised in Chicago. Family and friends were reported devastated by his death. The shooters fled immediately and no other injuries were reported.

If anyone saw activity in the 5100 block of South Washtenaw Avenue around 2:11 a.m. on December 29, 2019, or has information about the two men who opened fire, please come forward.