David E. Novak, 51, was found with a gunshot wound to the back of his head on August 2, 2019, in a construction yard in the Little Village Industrial Corridor on Chicago’s West Side. A witness discovered him in the 3300 block of South California Avenue. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Novak lived on the 7400 block of 173rd Street in Tinley Park and had worked as a scale operator at Lindahl for 30 years. He is survived by a son, a brother, sisters, and nephews; his parents predeceased him. Colleagues remembered him as kind and generous. No arrests or suspect identifications have been reported, and authorities have not released additional details about motive or leads.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything near South California Avenue on August 2, 2019 that could help investigators?