Miriam Alejandra Jimenez Manzano, 25, was killed at a backyard party in Chicago’s McKinley Park on October 23, 2021. Police say a single shot rang out shortly after 12:30 a.m. in the rear yard of a home on the 3700 block of South Wood Street; the boyfriend’s handgun reportedly discharged and a bullet struck her in the face. She was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The Cook County medical examiner identified her that day.

Obituaries list her birth as January 5, 1996, and describe close family ties and the grief that followed. Memorial pages and funeral announcements recorded visitation and a Mass on the Southwest Side.

Did anyone at that party or nearby that night see what happened or have information that could clarify how the gun discharged?