Annette McKay, 19, was fatally shot on July 25, 2020, in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago. She and another woman were standing in the rear parking area of an apartment building on East 78th Street when gunfire erupted. Annette was struck in the head and pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center; the Cook County Medical Examiner ruled her death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds. The other woman, 39, was shot in the shoulder and treated in fair condition.

Cook County prosecutors charged 27-year-old Jamal Sharrieff with first-degree murder and attempted murder. Authorities say Sharrieff allegedly forced his girlfriend at gunpoint to use her phone to lure Annette to a Travelodge in Lansing the night before, then coerced both women to perform sexual acts at gunpoint. Prosecutors allege that after Annette did not enthusiastically participate, Sharrieff had her driven and left on East 78th Street, where he shot her in the face around 1:50 a.m. Investigators recovered a gun, jeans, and 20 to 30 bags of heroin during searches of the Travelodge and a residence; shell casings at the scene matched the recovered gun and Travelodge surveillance corroborated a witness account. Sharrieff was taken into custody on July 27, 2020.

What information can anyone add about Annette’s life or her movements that night?