Jacquetta Pearson was 22 when she was shot and killed on April 18, 2017, in Chicago’s New City neighborhood on the South Side. The shooting occurred during a period of repeated gun violence that affected several neighborhoods; the circumstances in this case are described as suggesting she was the victim of targeted violence.

The Chicago Police Department arrested and charged an individual in connection with her murder. Jacquetta is memorialized on Find A Grave, where family and friends have left messages and flowers remembering her.