Nicole Marie Towns was 19 when she was shot and killed on April 24, 2015, during a shooting at a party in the Roseland neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. She was struck in the side by gunfire and died at the scene. Nicole was a mother to a young child; her death left a deep void for that child and her family.

Her killing came during a year that saw a troubling rise in violence across Chicago, with 468 murders recorded in 2015, a 12.5% increase from the previous year. Roseland and other neighborhoods on the South Side have been seriously affected by shootings and young victims like Nicole have been part of the community’s losses. Friends and family remember her through memorials.

If anyone attended that April 24 party or has information about the shooting, please come forward to help her family find answers.