Sixteen-year-old Meeyah Smith was shot and killed on the night of July 4, 2025, on the 1200 block of East 83rd Street in Chicago’s Avalon Park neighborhood. Around 11 p.m. an assailant on foot opened fire, wounding Meeyah and a 35-year-old man; both were taken to Jackson Park Community Hospital, where Meeyah was pronounced dead and the man survived with a gunshot wound to the thigh.

Reports describe a rapid, sidewalk attack with no publicly disclosed motive. Meeyah was remembered as a student and a volunteer with Englewood First Responders, a community group involved in projects supporting seniors and families; the group and local partners urged the public for information after her death. Chicago police said the shooter fled and no arrests or named suspects had been announced in the immediate aftermath. A $10,000 reward was offered for information leading to an arrest.

Does anyone have information about that July 4 night or Meeyah’s movements that could help investigators?