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Briana Lawrence was 25 when she was killed in a mass shooting in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood on June 15, 2021. The shooting happened about 5:45 a.m. inside a house where two gunmen opened fire on a gathering; eight people were shot. Lawrence suffered gunshot wounds to the head and was pronounced dead at 2:20 p.m. on June 19, 2021, at the University of Chicago Medical Center. She had a young daughter and worked at a seafood restaurant; her father described her as being on the right path.

Four other people also died in the incident: 19-year-old Shermetria Williams, 28-year-old Ratanya Aryiel Rogers, 32-year-old Denice Mathis, and 34-year-old Blake Lee. Police say the shooting appears to have started after an argument at the gathering and that investigators have a pretty good idea who may be responsible; the investigation is ongoing. The house where it occurred had prior criminal incidents, including a November 2019 shooting, and is owned by veteran officer Enrique Badillo Sr., who has been stripped of police powers pending an internal inquiry; the city had filed a public nuisance lawsuit against him in March 2020 over the property.

Did anyone at the gathering or in Englewood have information that could help detectives identify the shooters?