On April 9, 2023, 15-year-old Demea Morris was shot in the head while sitting in the backseat of an SUV in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Chicago, near 106th and Sangamon by Jackie Robinson Park. The family was trying to drive away after an attempted robbery when suspects opened fire on the vehicle; Demea was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Family members described Demea as an ambitious, intelligent freshman at Hyde Park Academy High School who was enrolled in nursing school and loved dancing and laughing. Community activists with the All Kids Matter Foundation have condemned the killing and helped assemble a combined $13,000 reward from the family and community groups for information leading to an arrest. No arrests have been announced and the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about the shooting or the people who fired on the SUV, please share tips with the Chicago police.