Mariah Thomas was 24 when she was shot and killed just before 4:00 a.m. on December 27, 2020, in the 8300 block of South Paxton Avenue in South Chicago. She was sitting in a parked vehicle with two 36-year-old men when an unknown assailant opened fire. Mariah suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead; the Cook County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide from gunshot wounds.

Both men with her were wounded — one grazed on the neck and shot in the leg, the other shot in the leg — and were hospitalized in fair condition. Area Two detectives are investigating but no arrests or identified suspects have been announced. The community and Mariah’s family have expressed frustration over the lack of progress as calls for justice and efforts to curb gun violence continue.

If anyone has information about the shooting that could help investigators, please come forward to assist the ongoing inquiry.