Luis Corona, 19, was fatally shot on October 29, 2016, while sitting in a parked vehicle in the 4800 block of South Karlov Avenue in the Archer Heights neighborhood on Chicago’s Southwest Side. Around 8:05 p.m. two males approached, announced a robbery and then opened fire; Corona was struck multiple times and died at the scene.

His death occurred during 2016, a year that saw a sharp rise in gun violence across Chicago and a significant spike in homicides, with the Chicago Police Department’s records documenting over 700 homicides that year. Archer Heights and other Southwest Side neighborhoods were among areas reporting increased robbery-related shootings and gang violence.

Anyone who witnessed the shooting that night, saw Corona’s vehicle in the 4800 block of South Karlov Avenue around 8:05 p.m., or has other information is asked to come forward.