Eduardo Gamez, 43, was found fatally shot in his vehicle on January 14, 2025, in Chicago’s Gage Park neighborhood. Officers who responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle around 10:30 p.m. located Gamez behind the wheel in the 5600 block of South California Avenue; he had sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Cook County medical examiner confirmed his identity and cause of death.

Surveillance footage shows Gamez’s car had been parked in the area for nearly two and a half hours before police arrived. Investigators say the shooting was targeted. Authorities identified a suspect, Christopher Paredes, who had prior probation for a weapons-related offense and who allegedly violated that probation twice, the second violation being the fatal shooting. Prosecutors presented surveillance video showing the shooting and movements tied to Paredes, and search warrants on his phone and residence reportedly uncovered internet searches related to the murder plus a firearm consistent with shell casings from the scene. Paredes was charged with first-degree murder and detained as a public safety risk; the investigation is ongoing.

Did anyone in Gage Park see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?