Alexander J. Nesteruk, 34, was fatally shot on November 27, 2024, on Clark Street just south of Arlington Place in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. Earlier that day he had been removed from the area for disruptive, erratic behavior; surveillance shows him later returning and approaching 35-year-old John Conway on the sidewalk. Footage captures Nesteruk attempting an air kick that missed, after which Conway drew a firearm and shot Nesteruk once in the chest. Nesteruk was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital and died of his wounds on December 2, 2024.

Surveillance images led to public identification of Conway, who turned himself in on December 5, 2024 and was charged with first-degree murder. A search of his residence uncovered multiple firearms, a sniper-type rifle, body armor, night vision equipment, a cell phone jammer and maps with marked locations; prosecutors characterized those items as suggestive of a brazen execution. The discovery and the shooting have unsettled neighbors as the criminal case moves forward.

Did anyone in Lincoln Park or Wheaton see Nesteruk or Conway around Clark Street that afternoon?