Exavier Zurita was 20 when he was shot in the right hip in the early morning hours of October 5, 2024, and later died in Chicago. Police say a black sedan with gunfire damage dropped him off on the 5600 block of West Addison Street in the Portage Park neighborhood; he was taken to hospital in critical condition and pronounced dead a short time later. Multiple reports place the shooting between about 4:15 and 4:30 a.m. on that stretch of Addison.

Community and memorial pages identified Zurita and described the day as one of mourning for family, friends, and former classmates; a funeral home obituary confirmed the date and city of death. As of the contemporaneous coverage, no suspect had been taken into custody and investigators were seeking leads.

If anyone has information about what happened on West Addison between about 4:15 and 4:30 a.m. on October 5, please share what you know with investigators.