Ramon Valdez, 36, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood on January 12, 2017. The attack occurred in the early evening; unknown assailants targeted Valdez and fled immediately afterward. He was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

Valdez worked at Michael Lewis Co. and was remembered by family and friends as hardworking, giving and selfless. Community members held a candlelight memorial to honor his life. His death was one of many homicides in Chicago that month, when the city recorded over 50 murders in January 2017, illustrating the wider problem of gun violence affecting Little Village and other neighborhoods.

If anyone knew Ramon, witnessed the shooting, or has information about who carried it out, please share what is known.