Julio Ceasar Garcia-Lara was 15 when he was fatally shot on June 12, 2017, in Chicago’s West Lawn neighborhood. He was a passenger in a red Chevy Trailblazer around 10:30 p.m. when a white Dodge Charger pulled up behind the SUV near 59th and Pulaski and someone inside opened fire. Julio was struck in the back and the head. The Trailblazer continued about a mile before stopping at 51st and Pulaski, where an ambulance took him to Mount Sinai Hospital; he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Area Central detectives handled the investigation. Several surveillance cameras were in the area, but no suspects had been identified and no arrests were announced in the days after the shooting. Julio’s death was one of multiple shootings that night across the city, and detectives asked anyone with information to come forward.

Did anyone in West Lawn that night see the red Chevy Trailblazer or the white Dodge Charger, or have footage that could help identify the shooter?