Wilteeah K. Jones, a 20-year-old woman from Chicago, was fatally shot in the early hours of February 22, 2017 and was pronounced dead at the scene. Her death occurred during a year when the city faced a sharp surge in gun violence, with Chicago recording over 650 homicides in 2017.

Jones’s killing is presented as one of many tragedies tied to broader social and economic inequalities and the city’s rising violent crime that year. Local leaders and community activists responded to the wave of shootings with efforts focused on youth outreach and providing resources to vulnerable neighborhoods in attempts to break the cycle of violence.

If anyone has information about Wilteeah Jones or the circumstances of her death, please share what you know with investigators.