Adrian Molina was shot and killed on January 13, 2024, in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood on the city’s Lower West Side. The shooting happened in the 2200 block of West 21st Street around 12:10 a.m. He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital with gunshot wounds to the neck and face and was later pronounced dead. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified him as Adrian Molina.

Adrian was 18; the shooting occurred on his 18th birthday. No arrests had been announced in initial reports and Area Three detectives were investigating. His family, including his mother Vanessa and several siblings, organized a GoFundMe campaign through relative Cleo Molina to help cover funeral and memorial costs, and the family expressed gratitude for community support.

If anyone has information about the shooting or was in the 2200 block of West 21st Street that night, please share what was seen or heard with investigators.