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Lakasia Gregory, 19, was killed in a shooting on August 15, 2020, while riding in a vehicle on the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290) eastbound, east of Central Avenue in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. The attack occurred about 4:18 a.m.; Gregory was pronounced dead at 7:41 p.m. on August 20, 2020, at Stroger Hospital. A 21-year-old woman driving the vehicle suffered non-life-threatening injuries; a 23-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman in the car were not injured.

Investigators say the shots came from another vehicle. In June 2021, Dezhawn D. Seargent, 27, of Maywood, was charged with murder and alleged to have been driving the vehicle from which shots were fired. In September 2021, Xavier D. Richardson was charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder and accused of firing the shots. Authorities described the shooting as part of a gang conflict and said the intended target—who was in the same car as Gregory—was struck in the arm and survived. Surveillance footage and phone records were used to trace the suspects’ movements before, during and after the shooting.

Does anyone have information about the events on I-290 that morning or about the people involved?