Alex Durante was 15 when he was fatally shot the afternoon of August 28, 2025, in Chicago’s Canaryville/New City neighborhood. The shooting occurred in a vacant lot off the 600 block of West 47th Street near Union Avenue shortly before 4 p.m., after a group of boys had gathered there. A confrontation unfolded and someone opened fire; Alex was struck in the hip and a 12-year-old boy was shot in the chest. Both were taken in critical condition to Comer Children’s Hospital, and Alex was identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner the next morning.

Police described a chaotic scene with boys scattering and neighbors trying to help before paramedics arrived. Investigators said surveillance footage and witness accounts showed a man following the group, entering the lot and firing repeatedly. Within hours officers arrested 19-year-old Daniel Navas Maiver; prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder and attempted murder, and a judge ordered him detained. Authorities stated there was no evidence the boys were armed or threatened the gunman.

Did anyone in the area see the group in the lot that afternoon or have information about the events leading up to the shooting?