On the night of March 30, 2017, 23-year-old Dominique Victoria Scott and 27-year-old Cornell M. Patrick were shot while riding in a gray van on South Shore Drive in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. A black Jeep approached near 70th Street and an occupant opened fire; Scott, seated in the front passenger seat, was struck in the side of her head and Patrick was hit in the side while seated in the back. The van crashed into a pole at 71st Street and both victims were pronounced dead at the scene.

Eyewitnesses said another person exited the van and fled after the shooting. A black Jeep believed to be connected to the incident was later found abandoned in the 4400 block of North Ashland Avenue, about 10 miles away. Dozens of family and friends gathered near the scene as authorities removed the bodies, and loved ones remembered Scott, originally from Gary, Indiana, as vibrant and caring.

No suspects had been publicly identified or arrested. The shooting was one of seven fatal incidents in South Shore within a 12-hour span that day. If anyone has information about the van, the black Jeep, or the people involved, please come forward.