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Aleshia Denia Smith, a 25-year-old African American woman, was killed in a drive‑by shooting on July 10, 2020, in the Roseland neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. She was a passenger in a vehicle in the 11100 block of South Michigan Avenue around 12:10 a.m. when a male suspect in a gray SUV opened fire. Aleshia was struck in the head, taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, and pronounced dead; the Cook County medical examiner ruled her death a homicide.

According to investigators, an argument had occurred at a gas station near 111th and State streets earlier that night. The vehicle Aleshia rode in was followed by the gray SUV after that dispute. The driver, a 28-year-old man, was grazed on the head and treated at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn; a third occupant was unharmed and later gave information to detectives. Area Two detectives are handling the investigation; no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified.

Does anyone who was in Roseland that night or who knows the people involved have information that could help investigators?