Rafael Tirado, a 28-year-old Hispanic man, was killed in Chicago on October 6, 1982. He was standing at a phone booth near Damen and Lemoyne with his friend, 18-year-old Alberto Rosario, when a random drive-by shooting struck both men. Tirado was shot once in the head and once in the neck and died at the scene; Rosario survived with gunshot wounds.

Police later linked the attack to the group known as the Ripper Crew, also called the Chicago Rippers. Edward Spreitzer later confessed that he was driving with Robin Gecht when Gecht told him to slow down so they could shoot Tirado and Rosario. Spreitzer was subsequently convicted of multiple murders, including Tirado’s, and received a death sentence that was later commuted to life without parole. Gecht, Andrew Kokoraleis, and Thomas Kokoraleis were also prosecuted in relation to the Ripper Crew’s violent crimes.

Does anyone have additional details about Tirado’s life or that corner in 1982 that could help fill gaps in the timeline?