Luis Lopez, a 45-year-old Hispanic man from Chicago, died after being stabbed during a violent confrontation on February 26, 2020. The altercation occurred outside a residence on Brentwood Drive in West Chicago when 26-year-old Joel Munoz-Valdez pulled a knife and stabbed Lopez multiple times in the back and leg. Lopez was taken to the hospital and later died on March 6, 2020 from those injuries.

Initially Munoz-Valdez faced aggravated battery charges; after Lopez’s death the case was reclassified as a murder investigation. The known facts record a fatal outcome following a single violent incident outside the home on Brentwood Drive.

If anyone witnessed the confrontation that night or has information about Lopez’s final hours, please share what is known.