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Jose Ernesto Martinez, a 30-year-old Hispanic man, was shot and killed on September 26, 2016, while walking on the sidewalk in the 5100 block of South Washtenaw in Chicago’s Gage Park neighborhood. Surveillance video shows a gray Honda CRV pull up, a 16-year-old suspect, Dominick Debock, exit the vehicle wearing a black and red Chicago Bulls jacket, draw a semi-automatic handgun and fire several shots. After Martinez fell, at least one more shot was fired into him before the gun jammed; the shooter then returned to the vehicle driven by 29-year-old Martin Bendik, and the car left the scene.

Martinez was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and pronounced dead at 7:11 p.m. Witnesses later identified Debock as the shooter and Bendik as the driver. Both suspects were arrested on September 28, 2016; a damaged live 9 mm bullet was recovered at Debock’s home and a loaded handgun was found in Bendik’s pocket at arrest. Both were charged with first-degree murder and held on $1 million bonds.

Anyone who knew Martinez or has information about what happened that evening is asked to come forward.