Ira Fields, 69, was fatally shot on the evening of June 8, 2025, outside E & J Liquors in the 5400 block of South Damen Avenue in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. Around 8:05 p.m., three people stepped out of a dark sedan described as a dark Chevrolet Cruze and opened fire as Fields and a 51-year-old man walked out of the store. Fields was struck in the chest and back and pronounced dead at the scene; the other man was shot in the leg and rear and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition.

Witnesses and police say the gunmen fled immediately after the shooting. By late that night and into the following day, authorities reported no arrests and did not indicate whether the two victims had been targeted. Community memorials and listings continue to note Fields’ death from gun violence on June 8, and investigators have not publicly identified suspects.

Did anyone hear or see the dark Chevrolet Cruze in that area on the night of June 8, or have information about the shooting?