Hispanic male, age 21, Efrain Acevedo died on November 1, 2009, in Chicago after a late-night pursuit ended in gunfire on the Near West Side. Family told reporters that the 21 year old had been out celebrating Halloween with his wife and friends when a dispute broke out at a party; they left, but another car followed.
Near the 1800 block of West Ogden Avenue, shots were fired into the vehicle Acevedo was driving. He managed to reach John H. Stroger Jr.
Hospital, where he collapsed and died a short time later.
The night's contours were ordinary until they weren't: a party on the North Side, a hurried departure, a chase through city streets.
Witnesses described the shooter's vehicle as a silver two-door sedan, possibly a Monte Carlo, that closed distance and opened fire as Acevedo's car moved along Ogden Ave. It was just before 2:00 a.m. when the ambush shattered the drive and turned the car into a desperate lifeline toward the hospital.
In the aftermath, grief pooled around the young barber's chair he wouldn't return to. Relatives said Efrain had recently turned 21, a milestone that now read like a coda.
Outside the hospital and back at the scene, family members spoke of the 21 year old's easy smile and the ordinary plans that violence so abruptly erased.
Police said they were seeking the shooter and reviewed neighborhood security cameras, believing one might have captured the suspect's car. At the time, authorities reported no arrests and asked for the public's help while they searched for those responsible.
