Eugenio Salazar Jr., a 22-year-old from Joliet, Illinois, was shot and killed on October 14, 2000. He was standing with a group outside a bar in the 600 block of East Jackson Street late that Friday night when a man approached and opened fire, striking Salazar. He was taken to Silver Cross Hospital, where he died; no one else was reported injured in the shooting.

Joliet police arrested 24-year-old Daniel Sutton of the 400 block of North Collins Street and charged him with one count of murder the following Monday. Police said the shooting was believed to be gang-related, citing ongoing tensions between rival gangs in the area. Salazar, a Joliet Central High School graduate and avid basketball player, was survived by his parents Rumalda and Ruben Herrera and his three daughters.

Does anyone have information about Salazar’s life in Joliet, the bar on East Jackson Street, or the gang tensions mentioned that could shed light on what led to this killing?