Andres Rivera, a 58-year-old Hispanic man, was fatally shot while sitting at his kitchen table inside his Archer Heights home on the evening of May 7, 2016. The shooting occurred around 8 p.m. at a residence in the 5200 block of South Kolin Avenue. Rivera was eating dinner when a bullet fired from outside the home pierced the front door and struck him in the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene and later identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Investigators concluded the gunfire came from outside the residence, but motive and possible suspects remained unclear. No immediate arrests were reported and authorities continued to investigate whether Rivera was the intended target or a victim of random gunfire. The killing was one of several shootings citywide that weekend, highlighting persistent gun-violence challenges in affected neighborhoods.

Anyone with information about this shooting or who remembers activity around the 5200 block of South Kolin Avenue on the evening of May 7, 2016 is urged to come forward.