Seventeen-year-old Jaymere McMurtry of Harvey, Illinois, was shot on February 17, 2016, at an apartment complex at 14626 S. Halsted St. She was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn with a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead on February 19, 2016. The shooting also wounded a 23-year-old woman in the lower leg when eight bullets were fired into the apartment.

Police say 30-year-old Chase Holden knocked on the apartment door asking about drugs, and was apprehended as he tried to flee the scene. Holden, who had been released on parole in October after serving ten years for attempted murder, was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm; his parole violation led to his return to Stateville Correctional Center. Jaymere’s death was reported as the first homicide in Harvey for 2016.

If anyone knew Jaymere or has information about what happened at the Halsted Street apartment, please share what you know.