Altmann Mnyuku, 35, was shot and killed in the early hours of July 31, 2025, on East 90th Street in Chatham on Chicago’s South Side. Police found him around 2 a.m. with a gunshot wound to the neck; he was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead later that morning. He had been driving for Uber to support his family.

Prosecutors say the ride was lured into a planned carjacking. A teen passenger allegedly coordinated with an associate known as Trench about taking the driver’s Jeep Cherokee at gunpoint. The passenger then shot Mnyuku with what authorities described as a ghost gun, dragged him from the vehicle, and attempted to drive away, later abandoning the running SUV. Investigators noted an envelope of cash the victim typically carried was missing. Ballistics were said to tie a seized 9mm ghost gun to a casing found in the SUV, and prosecutors charged 16-year-old Demari Taylor as an adult with first-degree murder, armed robbery, and aggravated vehicular hijacking; at least one other person in the back seat had not been identified as of early August.

Remembrances and obituaries described Mnyuku as a hardworking husband and father with roots in Tanzania and ties to South Bend, Indiana. Did anyone in the area see the Jeep Cherokee or have information about others who were in that vehicle that night?