Makayla Dean, 20, was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head on the night of June 27, 2025, on the sidewalk in the 5400 block of South Prairie Avenue in Washington Park. Officers arrived after a delayed response: dispatch records show a first 911 report sent responders to the wrong block, and about sixteen minutes passed before police and paramedics reached the correct location. A single shell casing and a canister of mace were near Dean at the scene; she was pronounced dead there.

Chicago police opened an Area One homicide investigation. In late August, authorities arrested 22-year-old Xavier Tousant at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse and charged him with one count of first-degree murder, alleging the victim was his girlfriend and that multiple witnesses were present. Those are accusations in an active prosecution; records noted police initially reported no one in custody. If anyone knew Makayla, was in Washington Park that night, or has information about the events leading up to June 27, 2025, please come forward.