Mohammed Rafati, 39, of Hickory Hills, Illinois, was found shot to death on January 28, 2019, in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side of Chicago. Officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert in the 6900 block of South Western Avenue discovered Rafati in the backseat of a vehicle around 6 p.m.; he had multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead. The Cook County medical examiner confirmed identity and cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds.

Area Central Detectives opened a homicide investigation. Public details on motive, suspects or arrests have not been released, and the circumstances leading to the shooting remain unclear. Anyone with information about Rafati’s death or who witnessed the incident on the evening of January 28, 2019, is asked to come forward.