Juan A. Vazquez, a 35-year-old man from Chicago, was killed on December 31, 2016, during a year the city saw a sharp rise in homicides. The case is presented against the backdrop of 2016’s surge in violence: Chicago reported over 760 homicides that year, a rate of 27.8 per 100,000, with roughly 90 percent of those deaths attributed to guns.

Are there witnesses, family members, or local records that can shed more light on the circumstances of Vazquez’s death?