Roberto Ortiz was 20 when he was shot and killed on July 23, 2016, in Chicago, Illinois. His death came during a year the city recorded 764 homicides, a dramatic spike that marked 2016 as one of the most violent in nearly two decades. July of that year saw an increased number of shootings across the city, and Ortiz was among the young victims of gun violence during that deadly summer.

City crime data recorded the incident through the CLEAR system. Public safety datasets and reporting from 2016 describe a surge in homicides linked in part to gang activity, socio-economic challenges, and proliferation of firearms, and note increased police presence and community intervention efforts aimed at preventing retaliatory violence.

If anyone knew Roberto Ortiz or has information about the July 23, 2016 shooting, please share what you know.