Ricardo Vasquez was 17 when he was fatally shot in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side in the early hours of August 13, 2011. The shooting happened around 3:15 a.m. in the 4800 block of South Laflin Street; Vasquez, who lived on the 4700 block of South Laflin Street, was struck multiple times and taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead at 3:57 a.m.

At the time the case was reported, Wentworth Area detectives were investigating and no suspects were in custody. No information about arrests has been provided. Details about his ethnicity have not been publicly disclosed.

If anyone knew Ricardo or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know with investigators.