Quentella Smith, a 34-year-old African American woman, was killed on July 4, 2020, at 31st Street Beach in Chicago while celebrating her sister’s 30th birthday. Around 5:20 a.m., a group of six people approached Smith and her companions; two members of that group produced guns and opened fire. Smith was struck in the head and multiple times in her body and died at the scene. Two men with her, ages 26 and 32, were wounded and survived.

Cook County Crime Stoppers offered a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to an arrest or indictment. Smith’s mother, Delores Smith-Scott, has urged witnesses to come forward; Smith’s nine children are now being raised by their grandmother, and five of the children have received therapy to cope with the loss.

What did anyone who was at or near 31st Street Beach in the early hours of July 4, 2020, see or hear that might help bring Quentella’s killers to justice?