Nichelle Blunt, 43, was killed on the evening of August 30, 2025, on Chicago’s Far South Side. Police say she was in the 900 block of East 131st Street in the Riverdale community around 7:45 p.m. when five gunmen approached and opened fire, striking her multiple times. First responders transported her from the scene, but she did not survive her wounds.

The shooting sent neighbors scrambling for cover along the edge of the Altgeld Gardens area as detectives marked shell casings and canvassed for witnesses. Police described the attack as a coordinated barrage of gunfire by multiple assailants and said they were piecing together a timeline from surveillance cameras and resident accounts. No arrests had been announced in the initial reports and the case remained open.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or saw suspicious activity on East 131st Street that evening, can you contact detectives with information?