Jaynisha Scheffer was 19 when she was shot and killed on July 7, 2014, in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. She was walking east with three friends on the sidewalk in the 2100 block of West 69th Street when an individual on a bicycle opened fire, striking her in the back. She collapsed and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where the Cook County medical examiner’s office recorded her death at 8:11 p.m.

A witness identified the gunman as 17-year-old Timmis Haywood of the 6700 block of South Claremont Avenue; he was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and denied bail at his Central Bond Court appearance. Haywood reportedly approached Jaynisha and her friends on a bicycle before firing; motive was not immediately clear. The killing occurred after a violent Fourth of July weekend in the city that left many wounded and dead.