Seventeen-year-old Juan Salgado was fatally shot on August 19, 2024, while driving in the 3800 block of West 26th Street in Little Village, Chicago. Salgado, a Juarez Community Academy student who was days away from his senior year and due to become the school soccer team’s captain, was driving a teammate home after soccer practice at Harrison Park when a truck pulled up near 26th and Hamlin and someone inside began firing. Salgado was struck in the shoulder, taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, and later pronounced dead. Two other teens in the car, ages 17 and 18, were uninjured.

Family, teammates, and the community remembered Salgado as an exemplary student and athlete who had earned roughly 40 sports medals and also played for the Chicago Fire Youth Soccer Club. A vigil was held at Benito Juarez Community Academy. On October 9, 2024, 33-year-old Jesus Pena Jr. was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm; he has been identified as the suspect and is due in court for a detention hearing.

Did anyone who knew Juan or was in Little Village that night see the truck near 26th and Hamlin?