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Albertano Medrano, a 44-year-old Hispanic father of five, was shot and killed on September 5, 2016, in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. He was double-parked in his vehicle waiting for his wife and a friend when a white van pulled up and occupants reportedly looking for rival gang members opened fire. At least ten rounds were fired; four struck Medrano in the neck, head, and back while other bullets hit nearby buildings and cars. Medrano tried to flee but crashed into three parked vehicles and was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Authorities identified 20-year-old Victor Vazquez as the van driver. The van had been reported stolen and its steering column tampered with to allow it to start without a key. After the shooting the van sped away, crashed about two miles from the scene, and Vazquez and another person fled on foot, attempting to hide a rifle at a nearby gas station before discarding it in bushes. Surveillance footage from the station helped police locate them; Vazquez was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and later admitted to driving the van. A judge ordered him held on a $1 million bond.

Medrano was one of nine men killed during a violent 21-hour stretch over Labor Day weekend that also left 22 people wounded. Does anyone have information about Medrano, his movements that day, or the van involved in the shooting?