Sircie Varnado, a 46-year-old African American woman, was shot and killed on June 12, 2019, inside a Walgreens store in Chicago. A Walgreens night manager suspected Varnado of shoplifting and called Louis Hicks Jr., a 33-year-old man who falsely identified himself as a Chicago police officer. Hicks confronted Varnado; a physical altercation followed in which he tackled her to the ground and shot her in the face. The Cook County medical examiner ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound to the face.

Louis Hicks Jr. was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, impersonating an officer, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. He fled the scene after the shooting but later turned himself in and was held without bond. Varnado’s family subsequently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Walgreens, the night manager, and Hicks, alleging the manager should not have called Hicks instead of police and that Hicks committed assault and battery while unlawfully restraining her.

What information do readers have about the people involved or the store’s response that might help piece together what happened that night?