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Amaria Taniyah Jakeem Jones was 13 when she was killed on June 20, 2020, inside her family’s home in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. She was showing her mother a TikTok dance move when a stray bullet came through a window and struck her in the neck. She was taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County in critical condition and died shortly afterward.

Witnesses reported two teenage boys sitting on a porch outside before multiple gunshots; one of the boys noticed a red laser light immediately prior to the shooting. The Chicago Police Department has not apprehended the person who fired the fatal shot, and the investigation remains open. Amaria’s death came during a violent Father’s Day weekend in the city that saw many shootings, and her family and community have held events, fundraisers, and public advocacy calling for stronger measures to address gun violence.

Does anyone have information about the shooting or recall seeing activity on that block around June 20, 2020?