Jason E. Goodfriend, 31, was found fatally shot in his car on January 7, 2017, near the Chicago Tech Academy, where he worked as the business and finance manager. Police located him slumped over the wheel of a running vehicle in the 1300 block of West Hastings Street in the University Village neighborhood at about 9:50 a.m. An autopsy confirmed a gunshot wound to the head and the death was ruled a homicide.

Goodfriend, known to friends as Jay, was a Wheaton native and a graduate of Wheaton Warrenville South High School and the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and was pursuing a master’s degree at UIC. He had worked at Chicago Tech Academy since September 2015 and was remembered by friends and family as genuine, honest, and sincere. A GoFundMe was set up to help cover funeral expenses. No arrests have been announced and the Chicago Police Department is investigating.

If anyone has information about what happened that morning, please share it with investigators.