Niolis Collazo, 23, was fatally shot on May 6, 2023, in Waukegan, Illinois. The shooting happened about 10:30 p.m. near 10th Street and Lewis Avenue as Collazo drove her white Honda Civic home from North Chicago. She was on the phone with her sister, Mia Carani, who reported hearing a loud noise and Collazo’s screams before the call ended. Collazo was taken to Vista East Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. Two vehicles at the scene had bullet holes; the other driver, a male, was not injured.

Collazo had just begun her first year at Waukegan Public Schools, serving as an assistant boys volleyball coach at Waukegan High School and working as a counselor with Youth Guidance’s Working On Womanhood program at Smith Middle School. Her family said she was devoted to helping young people and described her as having a beautiful soul. Local authorities called the shooting senseless and vowed to pursue justice.

Did anyone in the Waukegan area see or hear anything around 10:30 p.m. on May 6 that could help investigators?