Abel Ruvalcaba was 21 when he was shot and killed in the early morning of July 13, 2015, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. He was sitting in the front passenger seat of a car near 24th and Sawyer at about 4:30 a.m. when a 16-year-old boy, identified as Andrew Zamora, approached the vehicle. Abel asked Zamora where he was from through the open window; Zamora then raised his arm and fired a Glock 9 mm semi-automatic, striking Abel twice in the right shoulder.

The driver rushed Abel to Mount Sinai Hospital and flagged down police en route, but Abel died of his injuries at the hospital. Officers who heard the gunshots saw Zamora running and chased and arrested him; he discarded his shirt and the handgun during the pursuit, and four 9 mm shell casings were recovered at the scene. A backseat passenger identified Zamora to police. Court records show Zamora denied gang membership, though he allegedly told police he knew he was shooting at Kings, a local gang reference.

Does anyone have additional information about Abel’s life or what witnesses saw that night?