On the afternoon of Friday, April 17, 2026, Rickia Williams, 32, was fatally shot during a mass shooting in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago. The attack occurred at about 4:45 p.m. in the 4000 block of West Maypole Avenue near Pulaski Road. Williams was standing on the sidewalk with a group of people outside a barbershop and a convenience store when a vehicle pulled up and at least two assailants got out and opened fire on the group.

Williams was struck in the head and taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The shooting also killed two men, 36-year-old Lavell Lee and 27-year-old Kenneth M. Bell Jr., and critically wounded a 35-year-old man. Suspects fled the scene and remain at large; Area 4 detectives are investigating and Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Anyone who was in the area that afternoon or who may have dashcam or phone video of the incident is asked to come forward with information.