Juan A. Medina Jr., 14, was fatally shot on December 12, 2023, on the 3500 block of West 61st Place in Chicago’s Chicago Lawn neighborhood. Just after 4:20 p.m. he was standing outside with his grandfather, Mario Medina, 65, when a silver Kia Soul pulled up and occupants opened fire. Juan was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:41 p.m.; his grandfather was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m.

Neighbors reported a barrage of bullets and said the vehicle fled west on 61st Place. A crisis responder indicated there had been some sort of visit or altercation shortly before the shooting, but the precise relationship between those present and the assailants remained unclear. By December 15 police arrested a 16-year-old boy and charged him the next day with two counts of first-degree murder; he was described as one of two suspects and the second person had not been apprehended.

Did anyone on or near West 61st Place see the silver Kia Soul or notice who was involved before it arrived?