Valente Gallardo-Barrero, 40, was fatally shot on December 4, 2011, in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. He was standing outside when an unknown assailant approached and fired multiple shots, and Valente died shortly after the shooting despite efforts to save him.

Little Village is noted in this account for its vibrant community as well as significant gang activity and systemic problems such as poverty and crime. Valente’s death was recorded among Chicago’s 2011 homicides, a year that saw 433 killings, and it has been described in the context of ongoing gang disputes and violence that affect residents there.

Does anyone have information about Valente, the shooting, or that stretch of Little Village in December 2011 that could help fill in what happened?