Brandon Gowdy, a 31-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on January 6, 2021, in Chicago’s Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. According to reports, a gunman fired from a silver-colored vehicle at about 5 a.m. in the 800 block of West 75th Street. Gowdy was struck in the arm, taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, and later pronounced dead.

A 28-year-old Black transgender woman, Tyianna Davarea Alexander (also reported as Tyianna Alexander), was shot in the head and died at the scene. Area Two detectives opened a homicide investigation; authorities have not released information about arrests, suspects, or a motive and the investigation remains ongoing. Few details beyond the immediate shooting and the victims identities have been reported.

If anyone has information about the shooting on West 75th Street or saw a silver vehicle in the area around 5 a.m. that morning, please come forward to assist investigators.