Hispanic male Isaac Acevedo Jr., 23, was shot to death on August 20, 2015, in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. Shortly after 1 a.m., as he sat in a vehicle near the intersection of Schubert Avenue and North Central Park Avenue, another vehicle pulled alongside and someone opened fire.
He was struck in the chest and taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 2:49 a.m. He lived on the 1400 block of North Lorel.
Police said the attack appeared targeted at his car as it idled at the stop, and they began investigating the passing vehicle that sped away into the night.
Acevedo, 23, had just finished work and was headed home. Family and friends described him as a tireless worker who juggled two jobs, welder by day and Walgreens at night, to help support his parents and younger sisters. Isaac's girlfriend was driving when the shots shattered the windows; she suffered minor injuries from broken glass.
Loved ones gathered near the scene that afternoon with balloons and candles, recalling Issac as a funny, devoted son and big brother who was saving to buy a home.
Detectives said there were no arrests that day and that they were still searching for the shooter.
Witness accounts focused on a white SUV, described by the girlfriend as a Jeep Cherokee, that appeared to follow them before pulling alongside at a stop sign and unleashing gunfire.
Investigators told reporters the “gang-like” nature of the ambush led them to suspect gang members and that Acevedo may have been killed in a case of mistaken identity. As of the initial reports, police had no one in custody and had not publicly named suspects.
