Ruby Navarrete was 15 and a Morton East High School student from Cicero when she was shot and killed on the night of November 20, 2022. She had been attending a large party held in a garage in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood on the 5800 block of West Augusta Boulevard when a disturbance began about 11:40 p.m. Security guards had tried to eject a man, and two attendees who knew him left and then returned in a black sedan. One of the men exited with a firearm fitted with an extended magazine, began yelling and opened fire on people standing on the sidewalk.

Ruby was struck in the head and taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Linner Tyrone Hawkins, a 44-year-old security guard from Gary, Indiana, also died of gunshot wounds; a second security guard was critically wounded. Police arrested 18-year-old Edwin Lagunas on December 12, 2022, identifying him as the gunman and charging him with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and one count of aggravated battery with a firearm; phone records were reported to place him at the scene.

Ruby was remembered by a former teacher as a sweet, respectful student who had a way with words and was cherished at school. Does anyone who attended that party or who knew Ruby have information that could help clarify what happened that night?