On April 14, 2010, a mass shooting inside a home in the 7200-block of South Mozart Avenue in Chicago’s Marquette Park neighborhood left 19-year-old Twanda Thompson and several family members dead. Thompson, who was pregnant, was killed along with her 7-month-old son Jihad Larry, her 16-year-old niece Keyshai Fields who was also pregnant, and a 3-year-old niece, Keleasha Larry. Two other relatives, 57-year-old Leona Larry and 13-year-old Demond Larry, were wounded and survived.

Police identified the shooter as 33-year-old James Larry of Madison, Wisconsin, who was married to Twanda Thompson. Family members reported he had begun exhibiting strange behavior, saying voices instructed him to kill and making statements about the absence of the moon and sun. Officers arrested him near 59th and Racine about 90 minutes after the shootings and charged him with multiple counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Funeral services for Twanda and her infant son were held at New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church on the West Side. The community mourned the losses and struggled with the scope of the violence in one family. If anyone has information about the victims or their lives that might help remember them, please share what is known.