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Mom, 32, dies 2 weeks after apparent road rage shooting in Brighton Park

Carlos Ramirez
Senior Reporter · Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM · 2 min read
Mom, 32, dies 2 weeks after apparent road rage shooting in Brighton Park — Wilmette Business news

Brighton Park Mom, 32, dies 2 weeks after apparent road rage shooting in Brighton Park No arrests have been made as of Thursday afternoon, though Hernandez Riviera's sister said police are now investigating the shooting as a homicide. By Izzy Stroobandt and Natalie Martinez • Published 5 hours ago • Updated 39 minutes ago Editor's Note: The video in the above player is from a previous report. A 32-year-old mother died on Thursday, exactly two weeks after she was shot in an apparent road rage incident in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. WATCH HERE Rosa Hernandez Riviera, a mother of five , fought for her life for two weeks after she was shot around 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 22 near West 47th Street and South Western Avenue by an unidentified driver who pulled up next to the vehicle she was in with her boyfriend and two children and opened fire. No arrests have been made as of Thursday afternoon, though Hernandez Riviera's sister, Sonia Hernandez, told NBC Chicago that police are now investigating the shooting as a homicide. Surveillance video captured by businesses on the block that was shared with NBC Chicago showed the incident unfolding. A minivan can be seen followed closely by what 15th Ward Alderman Raymond Lopez says was a driver enraged by something that happened several blocks back. A mother was critically injured in an apparent road rage shooting while driving with her husband and children. Natalie Martinez reports. "Once those vehicles came to this red light, the offended individual felt it was his right to open fire on the car," Lopez told NBC Chicago after the shooting. "To follow someone for a mile because you’re angry at them, to want to take a gun and resolve that anger with a bullet, is nonsensical, stupid and senseless." Local Brighton Park 2 hours ago ‘Very traumatized': Family mourns mom of five killed in apparent road rage shooting Lincoln Park 2 hours ago Chicago's best free sample table is at a Lincoln Park seafood shop In a Facebook post, Ald. Raymond Lopez said witnesses identified a gray four-door Toyota Scion with a rear bike rack as the shooter’s vehicle. The driver allegedly fled south on Western Avenue after the shooting. No additional information was immediately available. This article tagged under: Brighton Park

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