Anitra Von White, 47, was shot and killed on January 27, 2023, inside a home in Chicago’s South Deering neighborhood. The shooting also claimed another life. Family members describe Anitra as silly, bubbly, the life of the party, everybody’s neighborhood auntie and above all a loving mother to her four children: Niqua, DJ, Shamika, and Dejah.

Her death is described by family as an instance of domestic violence; the person who killed her was someone known to her in that context. The family faced financial difficulty arranging funeral and burial services and established a GoFundMe to help provide a respectful homegoing. She is memorialized on the National Gun Violence Memorial, where people can light candles in her memory.

If anyone knew Anitra, her family, or has information about the January 27 shooting in South Deering, please come forward with what you know.