Shari Graham, a 30-year-old African American mother of three, was killed on February 26, 2016, in Chicago’s South Side Wentworth Gardens neighborhood. She had moved back to Chicago from Texas in December 2015 and was working to restart her career as a nurse. That night she was sitting in a cab when a bullet pierced the trunk and struck her in the back. The driver took her to the 4700 block of South State Street, where paramedics were called; she was later pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital of Cook County.

Investigators concluded Shari was not the intended target. Surveillance footage allegedly shows two people firing toward another car; the shooters fired a combined 12 shots before fleeing. Two men were charged in connection with her death: Michael Whitehead, a 16-year-old identified as a Gangster Disciples member, and 18-year-old Natrell Jackson, both charged with first-degree murder. Her killing was reported as Chicago’s 101st homicide of 2016. Community activist Andrew Holmes offered a reward for information, noting the loss to Shari’s three young children.