Ralph R. Cancel was 17 and from Whiting, Indiana, when he was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the Far South Side of Chicago on February 19, 2018. The shooting occurred the evening before, February 18, around 5:55 p.m., while Ralph was seated in the driver’s seat of a vehicle in the 4000 block of East 134th Street. Someone in an approaching vehicle opened fire, striking him in the head. A passenger drove him to St. Margaret Hospital in Hammond, Indiana; he was later transferred to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and died the next day at 12:35 p.m.

Ralph, a junior at Whiting High School, worked at a local McDonald’s and enjoyed baseball and basketball. He is survived by his mother, Jessica P. Nagy, his father, Rafael J. Cancel, and brothers Joey and Nico Cancel. Area South detectives handled the investigation; as of the latest information provided, no arrests have been made and the case remains open.

Did anyone in the Hegewisch area that evening see the vehicle that approached Ralph’s car or notice anything suspicious on East 134th Street?