Romeca Meeks-Blackmon, 31, was shot in the face and killed on the morning of September 8, 2025, on the 2200 block of South State Street in the South Loop. She had walked her son to school that morning and tucked a loving note into his lunchbox before the confrontation. The shooting happened about 9:05 a.m. during an argument with another woman known to her; first responders took Meeks-Blackmon to Stroger Hospital where she was pronounced dead that day. Police described the incident as domestic in nature.

Detectives detained a woman shortly after the shooting but released her without charges by September 12 as investigators continued interviewing witnesses and reviewing evidence. Two weeks after the killing prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence at that time to make a charging decision and the case remained open. Local reporting identified the alleged shooter as Quadajah Holly Johnson; through counsel she declined to comment because of the ongoing investigation. Family and neighbors remembered Meeks-Blackmon as a devoted mother who had just celebrated her son starting first grade, and her handwritten note to him circulated alongside coverage of the case.

If anyone saw the encounter on the 2200 block of South State Street around 9:05 a.m. on September 8, 2025, or has information about what led to the fatal confrontation, please share what is known.