On the night of July 6, 2024, in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, Jose Alejandro Lara Serna a Hispanic Male, age 25, was driving when gunfire tore into his vehicle.
Around 11:55 p.m., his car struck a viaduct in the 5800 block of South Elizabeth Street.
Responding officers found the 25-year-old unresponsive, with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police and the medical examiner.
His name and age were later recorded among those lost to gun violence on that date, placing his death within a grim roster that night and that holiday stretch.
Memorial pages set up after the shooting identified him as Jose Alejandro Lara Serna, age 25, killed in Chicago on July 6, 2024.
Community remembrance efforts also noted he was fatally shot while driving in Englewood.
The killing unfolded amid an extended Fourth of July weekend marked by unusually high levels of gunfire across the city.
Contemporary tallies described scores wounded and many killed citywide over those days, underscoring the wider surge of shootings into which the 25-year-old's death fell.
As of the initial reports and subsequent listings, no arrests had been announced in the case.
Police said no one was in custody following the shooting, and public records and memorial updates since then have not identified a suspect.
Authorities have not publicly detailed a motive, leaving the investigation open while the 25-year-old's name remains one more entry in a weekend of violence.
