Overview
- A driver opened fire on a vehicle near West 47th Street and South Western Avenue during the morning of Oct. 22, striking 32-year-old Rosa Hernandez Rivera while she rode with family members.
- Surveillance video from nearby businesses captured the incident and has been reviewed by Chicago Police Area One detectives as part of the investigation.
- Rivera died Thursday, roughly two weeks after the shooting, and police have reclassified the case as a homicide.
- No arrests have been made and officials, including 15th Ward Ald. Raymond Lopez, have publicized a witness description of a gray four-door Toyota Scion with a rear bike rack as the suspect vehicle.
- Cook County Crime Stoppers posted a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and investigators say anonymous tips and any additional video could be crucial to identifying the shooter while the family and children cope with trauma.