Benita Shavonni Garrett, 25, was shot in Chicago on September 25, 2019. Officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert in the West Garfield Park neighborhood found her in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle with gunshot wounds to her face. She was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition and died a few days later; an autopsy ruled the cause of death gunshot wounds and the death a homicide.

Garrett was born June 14, 1994, and worked for the U.S. Postal Service. Family and friends remember her for a vibrant personality and a warm smile. Chicago Police Department Area North detectives are handling the investigation, and as of the latest update there have been no arrests or named suspects.

If anyone has information about what happened that night in West Garfield Park, please contact detectives working the case.