Gabriel Herrera, a 21-year-old from Roselle, Illinois, died after being shot on December 14, 2021, in Streamwood. Herrera and a female companion were inside a car that was shot; the vehicle then crashed into a tree on Vine Street. Emergency responders found Herrera with a gunshot wound to the head and he was taken to Saint Alexius Medical Center, where he later died. The female passenger was taken to Lutheran General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Two men from Hoffman Estates, Oliver Audinette, 20, and Antonio Rivera-Abriz, 23, were arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting. Police described the incident as isolated and said it did not present an ongoing threat to the public; both suspects were scheduled to appear in bond court. The Streamwood police continue investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

If anyone has information about Herrera, the crash on Vine Street that night, or the events leading up to the shooting, please come forward.