Alberto Villanueva, 30, was killed by gunfire on October 28, 2023. A recent resident of Chicago Heights, Illinois, he worked at Chicago Heights Steel and was originally from La Piedad, Michoacan, Mexico. He was the son of Estella (nee Espinosa) and Leandro Villanueva and is survived by siblings Leondro Villanueva, Osacar Villanueva, Yesenia (Jorge) Ventura, Sofia (Javier) Licea, Francisco Villanueva, Fabian Villanueva and Adolfo Villanueva; a sibling named Stella Villanueva preceded him in death.

Funeral services were held at Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home in Chicago Heights with visitation on November 3, 2023, and a funeral mass at Our Lady of the Heights Parish/St Kieran Church on November 4, 2023, followed by interment.

Did anyone in Chicago Heights around October 28, 2023, see or hear anything that could help clarify what happened to Alberto?