On the evening of August 2, 2015, 15-year-old Daja Brookshire, a track star at West Side High School in Gary, Indiana, was killed in a drive-by shooting. Daja was in a car with her boyfriend and a female friend after leaving a friend’s grandmother’s house when they noticed another vehicle following them. As they were getting out of their car in the 700 block of Adams Street, shots were fired from the pursuing vehicle. Daja was struck in the back and later pronounced dead at 11:37 p.m. at Methodist Northlake Hospital; her companions were unharmed.

Investigators described Daja and her friends as good kids and said there was no apparent reason they would be targeted. Police suggested the occupants’ car may have been mistaken for a rival gang’s vehicle. In the days after the shooting authorities had very few leads and no suspects and appealed to the public for information. The case has since gone cold with no announced arrests or identified suspects.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or recognizes the description of the pursuing vehicle, please come forward.