Ramon Breceda, a 16-year-old Hispanic male, was killed on August 1, 2014, in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago near 24th Street and Washtenaw Avenue. He was targeted by three teenagers who had gone to that area reportedly looking for rival gang members. Ricardo Cortez shot Breceda; during the chaotic aftermath another person wrested the handgun away and fired, striking Cortez in the buttocks and Andrew Anania in the arm. Eduardo Moreno was found fleeing the scene and reportedly said he was not the one with the gun. All three suspects — Andrew Anania, 18, and 15-year-olds Ricardo Cortez and Eduardo Moreno — made admissions about their roles and were charged with first-degree murder and held without bail.

Investigators said the suspects were members or aspiring members of a gang and had come to the block because it was claimed by a rival gang; that stretch of Washtenaw Avenue and territory as far east as Damen Avenue in Pilsen were described with gang markings. The case underscores gang violence in the neighborhood and the loss of a teenager’s life.

Did anyone in Little Village at the time see what happened that night or know more about the groups involved?