Seventeen-year-old Naome Zuber was shot and killed in the early morning hours of October 1, 2016, while riding in the back seat of a car in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. Around 12:30 a.m. near the 4500 block of South Wood Street, gunfire from the sidewalk struck the vehicle; a bullet pierced the car and hit Zuber in the head. Her friends drove to get help and she was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where she was pronounced dead minutes later.

Police said the shooting came from outside the car and that Zuber was not the intended target. No one else in the vehicle was physically injured. Family and teachers remembered the Curie High School senior as steady and involved, planning to study criminal justice and juggling school activities with a part-time job; the neighborhood held a candlelight vigil after her death.

Detectives reported no one in custody in the immediate aftermath, and authorities had not identified a suspect. Years later her family continued public appeals and there have been no announced arrests; the investigation has been described as open but with no public developments. If anyone knew Naome, saw activity near South Wood Street around that night, or has information that could identify those responsible, please come forward.