Alberto Bocanegra was a 39-year-old community activist from Chicago who was killed on September 25, 2018, after a confrontation that began when he chased a hit-and-run driver he had witnessed hitting a cyclist. He caught up with the vehicle at 76th and Champlain, where a verbal confrontation occurred. A blue SUV then arrived, someone from that SUV exited and opened fire, striking Bocanegra twice. He was pronounced dead shortly after the shooting.

Bocanegra had recently been in remission from leukemia and bone cancer two months earlier. No arrests have been announced and the Chicago Police Department continues to investigate. His family — including his brother Sergio Bocanegra and his father Alberto Bocanegra Sr. — described him as someone who stood up for others; friends and relatives have offered a reward and appealed to the community for information.

Anyone with information about the shooting at 76th and Champlain or the blue SUV is asked to come forward.