Amaris Trujillo, 20, of Highland, Indiana, was fatally shot while riding in a car in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood on September 20, 2023. She was a passenger with her then-boyfriend driving and her mother in the back seat; the three had just left Trujillo’s grandmother’s house when someone on foot opened fire on their vehicle on Rockwell near 43rd Street. Multiple rounds struck the car and all three occupants were hit. Trujillo was the only one who did not survive. Her mother was seriously injured and still has a bullet lodged in her leg.

Family members say neither Trujillo nor her mother were the intended targets. One year after the shooting, family and friends gathered at Promontory Point at the exact time she died at the hospital, releasing balloons and demanding justice. As of that anniversary, Chicago police had not announced any arrests, and the family says the lack of resolution has left holidays and celebrations feeling incomplete.

If anyone was in the Brighton Park area around Rockwell and 43rd Street on September 20, 2023, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.