Tyianna Davarea Alexander, a 28-year-old African American transgender woman, was shot and killed in Chicago in the early morning hours of January 6, 2021. Gunfire erupted on the 800 block of West 75th Street when a shooter in a silver-colored vehicle opened fire; Alexander was struck in the head and pronounced dead at the scene. A companion, 31-year-old Brandon Gowdy, was also struck and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he later died.

Advocacy groups and local outlets noted that this attack was described as a drive-by from a moving car and that Alexander’s killing was the first known violent death of a transgender or non-binary person reported in the United States in 2021. Funeral services were held the following week and memorials asked for donations to support groups serving transgender people.

Did anyone in the area see a silver-colored vehicle or have information about that early morning shooting?