Don Edward Passantino, 32, of Oak Park, Illinois, was shot to death on November 28, 2018, in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. Officers responded to a report of a person shot around 10 p.m. and found Passantino unresponsive on the sidewalk in the 2800 block of West Melrose Street with a gunshot wound to the head. Witnesses said someone inside a silver car fired shots and that another male exited the vehicle and fired several more rounds.

Passantino was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center and pronounced dead at 10:43 p.m. An autopsy found he died of multiple gunshot wounds, and the death was ruled a homicide. Area North detectives handled the investigation; there is no public information about arrests or identified suspects, and the motive remains unknown.

If anyone saw activity near West Melrose Street that night or has information about the silver car or the men described by witnesses, please share what you know.