Shiyanna Alexus Hayes was 25 and from Waukegan, Illinois. She was found fatally shot inside a vehicle on the evening of December 12, 2022, in the 1900 block of South Waukegan Road. Officers who responded to a report of a person slumped over in a car attempted CPR but she was pronounced dead at the scene. The Lake County Coroner’s Office ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds.

Shiyanna, known to family and friends as Thunder, Na-Na, and ShiY, was a mother and worked as a dietician at Green Oaks Senior Living in Libertyville. The Waukegan Police Department Criminal Investigation Division is leading the inquiry.

If anyone was in the area of South Waukegan Road on December 12, 2022, or has information about this shooting, please contact Waukegan Police CID.