Jose Mendoza, a 20-year-old from Berwyn, Illinois, was shot to death on December 31, 2013. He was found inside Millenium Cuts, a barbershop in the 2100 block of Oak Park Avenue, with a gunshot wound to the chest at about 9:40 p.m. Mendoza was pronounced dead at Loyola University Medical Center at 10:07 p.m.; the Cook County Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound to the chest.

Investigators determined Mendoza was the victim of an attempted armed robbery that took place behind the barbershop. Video surveillance captured the attempt, and three men were later charged in connection with his killing. Eddie Garcia, 25, of Berwyn; Salvador Alvarado, 25, of Cicero; and Jonathan Ivory, 24, of Westchester were each charged with first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery. Garcia and Ivory were ordered held without bond; bond status for Alvarado was not immediately available.

Anyone with information about the shooting or who saw activity behind Millenium Cuts that night is asked to come forward.