Jesus P. Alvarez was an 18-year-old student at East Chicago Central High School when he was fatally shot on Saturday, March 27, 2010, in East Chicago, Indiana. He was a regular attendee of the New Freedom Church. Federal authorities later classified his death as a homicide tied to gang-related violence in the region.

By 2013 the case had been folded into a broader federal initiative targeting violent street gangs in Northern Indiana. A U.S. Attorney’s Office press release identified Alvarez’s murder among multiple unsolved homicides attributed to the Imperial Gangsters street gang and said authorities were renewing investigations into those cold cases.

Specific circumstances of the shooting, and whether any individuals were suspected or questioned in connection with the killing, have not been publicly detailed.