Omar Estrada, an 18-year-old from Evanston and a student at Evanston Township High School, was fatally shot on May 20, 2011, while sitting on a bench with two female friends in Touhy Park in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. Shots rang out from the north side of the park at about 7:45 p.m.; Estrada was struck in the head and later died after emergency responders arrived. The shooter has not been identified and no arrests were immediately announced.

Friends and family remembered Estrada as a well-behaved young man who liked spending time with friends and had plans for his future. The killing occurred during a period of heightened violence and turned a public recreational space into the scene of another senseless loss. If anyone saw activity in Touhy Park around 7:45 p.m. on May 20, 2011, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.