Jonathon John Doe Ortiz was 22 when he was shot and killed on September 29, 2016, on the Eisenhower Expressway near East Garfield Park in Chicago. Ortiz, a rapper who performed as John Doe and participated in the local music scene, was shot around 6 AM while driving with his girlfriend, Alexis Garcia. Ortiz was pronounced dead at the scene; Garcia survived with non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital.

His death was noted amid a sharp rise in shootings on Chicago expressways in 2016, an issue that attracted local and national attention.

If anyone has information about that morning on the Eisenhower Expressway or about Ortiz’s movements beforehand, please come forward.