Valentin Bahena was 17 when he was fatally shot on January 10, 2012, inside his family home in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood of Chicago. According to reports, he was awakened by noises, looked through a window and saw two men standing outside; moments later shots were fired through the window and Valentin was struck. He was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital and died shortly thereafter.

Accounts indicate Valentin was likely not the intended target. His death occurred amid a year of elevated violence in the city and underscored how residents can become unintended victims when shots are fired into homes in neighborhoods affected by persistent gang-related violence.

If anyone knew Valentin or has information about the shooting on January 10, 2012, please come forward.