Rene Ibarra was 24 when he was shot and killed in Aurora, Illinois, on the night of September 28, 2018. The shooting happened at about 11:40 p.m. while he was sitting in a car with a 21-year-old man on the city’s east side. An unidentified person approached the vehicle and fired multiple shots, hitting Ibarra several times; he was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead early the next morning.

Witnesses reported the shooter fled in a light-colored SUV last seen heading north on Union Street and east on Liberty Street. Police had not released a motive and had not ruled out possible gang-related activity. The 21-year-old who was with Ibarra survived and has been treated as a key witness, but investigators have had difficulty getting him to identify the shooter.

No arrests have been announced and the Aurora Police Department is asking anyone with information to contact them or Aurora Area Crime Stoppers. Ibarra’s family has held vigils and publicly urged the community to help bring the person responsible to justice.

Did anyone in Aurora see a light-colored SUV near Union and Liberty the night of September 28, 2018, or have information that could help investigators?