In the early hours of Friday, March 27, 2026, 17-year-old Jair Salinas was found unresponsive on the street in the 6700 block of West Grand Avenue in the Montclare neighborhood on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Officers arrived shortly before 1:00 a.m. after a call for a person down and discovered Salinas with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead; the Cook County Medical Examiner confirmed his identity.

An obituary was published under the name Yair Salinas with matching details, indicating a possible spelling variation of his first name. No motive or persons of interest have been released.

If anyone in Montclare that night saw or heard anything that could help investigators, please share what you know.