On the night of July 6, 2024, in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, 25-year-old Jose Alejandro Lara Serna was driving when his vehicle was struck by gunfire around 11:55 p.m. His car collided with a viaduct in the 5800 block of South Elizabeth Street; officers found him unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Memorial pages and community remembrances identify him as Jose Alejandro Lara Serna, age 25, killed while driving in Englewood that night.

The shooting occurred during an extended Fourth of July weekend that saw an unusually high number of shootings citywide; contemporary tallies placed his death among many wounded and killed over those days. As of initial reports and subsequent listings, no arrests had been announced, no one was in custody, and authorities had not publicly released a motive. If anyone knew Jose Alejandro Lara Serna or has information about the shooting, please come forward to assist the investigation.