Robert Vela, 35, was fatally shot on October 30, 2010, on the sidewalk near the 2600 block of West 24th Street in Chicago’s South Lawndale neighborhood.

The area—often called Little Village—experienced significant gang tensions and violence at the time, and many homicides there were linked to territorial disputes between rival factions. Vela’s death is described in that context, occurring in a neighborhood that had seen a rise in gang-related violence and instability during 2010.

Are there readers who remember that stretch of West 24th Street in 2010 or who have information about the shooting of Robert Vela?