Keishianta Coleman, a 22-year-old African American woman, was found dead on November 19, 2019, in her Washington Heights home on the South Side of Chicago. Police say she was discovered unresponsive in her bedroom around 10:10 p.m., bleeding from head trauma and with a gunshot wound to the chest; the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office ruled the death a homicide caused by the gunshot wound.

Investigators learned Coleman had been arguing with her boyfriend before the shooting. Witnesses reported hearing a loud bang, and Coleman’s sister, who was in a nearby room, saw the boyfriend leaving the house hurriedly. Initially no one was in custody and the boyfriend was not immediately classified as a suspect; the incident was being investigated as a possible domestic violence case.

In June 2020, Lawrence Jackson, 23, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Prosecutors say witnesses and phone records placed Jackson at the scene, and that investigators found an empty box for a 9mm semi-automatic he had purchased earlier in Coleman’s bedroom; his FOID card had reportedly been revoked. Bail was set at $2 million.

If anyone knew Keishianta Coleman or has information about the night she was killed, please come forward.