Jessica Castro, 23, was shot and killed on May 12, 2022, in the Brighton Park neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting happened about 6:10 p.m. in the 2900 block of West 45th Street during a confrontation between Jessica, another 22-year-old woman, and a group. Someone opened fire; Jessica was struck in the arm, taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, and later pronounced dead. The other woman was shot in the body and listed in critical condition.

Jessica was a mother of two young children. Her father, Baltazar Castro, and the Little Village Community Council have worked to keep the case visible and to reopen it as the family seeks answers. No arrests or suspects have been identified and investigators say the lack of witnesses has hindered the inquiry. The community has marked her among victims remembered on the Little Village Justice Tree.

If anyone has information about the shooting on West 45th Street on May 12, 2022, please come forward.