Benjamin Luis Lopez was 18 when he was killed by gun violence on the north side of Chicago on Sunday, January 15, 2023, at 11:15 p.m. He was a passenger in a vehicle when the shooting occurred.

Ben was born August 17, 2004, in Chicago. He was the son of Luis and Angela Lopez and brother to Ally and Emma. He grew up on the city’s north side, attended Waters Elementary through eighth grade and Amundsen High School, and graduated in June 2022 with help from Pathways in Education. He later studied at a community college in Chicago and had been diagnosed with Autoimmune Hepatitis at an early age.

Funeral services were held January 19 and 20, 2023, with visitation at Colonial-Wojciechowski Funeral Home, a funeral mass at St. Monica Church, and burial at Maryhill Cemetery in Niles. If anyone has information about the shooting or Benjamin’s last movements that night, please come forward.