He was 18 years old, male, and his name was Morgan Alaniz. On Sunday night, August 31, 2025, as the heat of Labor Day weekend settled over Little Village, Chicago police were called to the 2400 block of South Drake Avenue around 8:30 p.m. They found the 18-year-old with multiple gunshot wounds; he was later identified and pronounced dead in the hours that followed, according to reports from authorities and local outlets covering the scene.
By Monday, the Cook County Medical Examiner confirmed his identity as Morgan Alaniz, 18, of Chicago. Memorial pages and violence-tracking databases added his name to the date—August 31, 2025—and the city where he died.
Detectives began their work while the neighborhood and the city tallied the toll of that holiday stretch. As of the initial reports, no one had been arrested, and police had not announced suspects or charges in the case. His killing was one among several shootings reported across Chicago that weekend, with investigators asking anyone with information to come forward as the file remained open.
