Andrew Garay, a 30-year-old Hispanic man and U.S. Army veteran who served as a Military Police officer, was shot and killed while sitting in his 2020 Nissan Murano on January 23, 2026. The shooting happened at about 8:54 p.m. in the 3500 block of West Wabansia Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago after Garay had dropped off his girlfriend and her daughter. A witness described an assailant in a red hoodie approaching the vehicle and opening fire, striking Garay in the head. The shooter fled on foot through a nearby gangway. Garay was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Garay worked as a FedEx delivery driver and had expressed interest in joining the Chicago Police Department. He was a devoted father to a young daughter and is remembered by family as kind-hearted and hardworking. The Chicago Police Department opened a homicide investigation; motive remains unclear and no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced.

If anyone saw the shooting or has information about a person in a red hoodie fleeing the 3500 block of West Wabansia Avenue that night, please come forward to the Chicago Police.