Gabriel Meneses, 31, was fatally shot in the early hours of September 10, 2014, in Portage Park on Chicago’s Northwest Side. He was driving in the 5200 block of West Waveland Avenue around 1 a.m. when a blue SUV pulled up alongside his vehicle and someone inside fired multiple shots, striking him in the back. Meneses’s car then struck a parked vehicle and came to a stop; he was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:20 a.m.

Meneses was identified as a resident of the 4600 block of North Sayre Avenue in Norridge, Illinois, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. Law enforcement noted he was a documented gang member, though they did not disclose further affiliation details. Authorities said the circumstances suggested a planned attack and stated they were investigating motive and whether he had been specifically targeted. No arrests or publicly identified suspects had been reported and the investigation remained open.

If anyone has information about that night or the blue SUV, please share what you know with investigators.