Donnie E. Smith, 20, of Chicago, was fatally shot in a business parking lot in the 900 block of East Court Street on Kankakee’s east side on the night of November 23, 2025. Police were called just after 10:25–10:27 p.m. for reports of multiple gunshots and found Smith in the lot with multiple gunshot wounds next to a handgun; he was taken to Riverside Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Investigators obtained surveillance footage showing Smith and two men entering the business, then noticing a Buick with three people pull up. The video reportedly shows Smith leaving the store, removing a handgun from his waistband, aiming at the driver’s side of the Buick, and firing. The Buick’s driver returned fire from the vehicle, striking Smith, then drove out of the parking lot. Detectives recovered multiple shell casings and interviewed the three men who had been with Smith.

On the morning of November 24 police located the Buick in a garage in the 200 block of South Chicago Avenue and seized it.

If anyone has information about the shooting or saw activity in the area that night, please contact Kankakee police or Crime Stoppers.