Yolanda Chaytor, 30, was fatally shot in the early hours of August 16, 2026, after a verbal argument outside The Original Maxwell Street, a restaurant near Independence Boulevard and Harrison Street in the Homan Square neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. The shooting happened at about 3:37 a.m.; family members said she had been visiting a friend and stopped at the eatery for food.

Police say an unidentified man produced a firearm during the dispute and shot Yolanda multiple times in the head and body. She was found critically wounded by paramedics and taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Detectives from Area Four opened a homicide investigation and appealed for witnesses; no arrests or public identifications of suspects were reported in the initial accounts.

Yolanda was a mother of three young children; her sister Sayisha Lloyd and the family described the loss as devastating. Does anyone who was in that area around 3:30 a.m. on August 16 have information that could help the investigation?