Lashanna Howard was 27 when she was shot and killed on July 19, 2018, in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood. She was walking into an apartment building on the South Side when she was fatally shot in the head. Lashanna was a mother of two young daughters.

Investigators described her as an unintended victim of the city’s gun violence. No arrests were made immediately after the killing, and the case remains unsolved; reports say a lack of witnesses and fear of retaliation complicated the investigation. Lashanna’s death had a deep effect on her community but received limited lasting public attention.

Anyone with information about what happened that day or who was responsible is asked to come forward.