Dennishiana Mattox, 23, was fatally shot on the Near West Side of Chicago in the early pre-dawn hours of June 21, 2025. She was standing on a sidewalk in the 2300 block of West Roosevelt Road near Tri-Taylor with two men when a black SUV pulled up, three armed men exited and opened fire. Mattox was taken to Stroger Hospital with gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen and pronounced dead.

A second victim, 24-year-old Malik R. Johnson, was also killed at Stroger; a 25-year-old man wounded in the ankle went to Rush Hospital and was listed in good condition. Detectives from Area Three documented the scene, recovered shell casings and canvassed for witnesses; authorities said no one was in custody and asked for information as they worked to trace the SUV and review surveillance footage.

Two lives were lost and the motive remains unclear. If anyone witnessed activity around West Roosevelt Road that morning or can identify the SUV or its occupants, please share what was seen.