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Oscar Rodriguez, 22, was killed on September 1, 2014, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. Rodriguez was standing with a group that included a 16-year-old boy when members of a rival gang ambushed them. The attackers, identified as Oscar Garcia and Ezequiel Villanueva and described as Latin Kings members, opened fire. Rodriguez was struck in the back of the head and died the following day at a local hospital; the teenage boy was shot multiple times and survived.

Investigators say Garcia and Villanueva had been circling the block in a silver sedan, entered the yard where the group was gathered, then fled after the shooting. Surveillance footage captured the attack and helped identify the suspects; Garcia was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, held on $2 million bail, while Villanueva, who acted as a lookout, was also charged with murder. Prosecutors relied on the video and witness testimony in building their case.

Does anyone in Little Village remember activity in that block around September 1, 2014, or have information about the silver sedan seen circling the neighborhood?