On Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 9:12p.m., North Precinct officers responded to a report of a person shot in the 2000 block of Northeast Lombard Street. When they arrived they located one person deceased at the scene.
The suspect or suspects left the scene and were not immediately located.
The first victim was preliminarily identified as an adult female. As detectives and criminalists processed the scene and sought evidence in the area, a second deceased person was discovered nearby. The person was preliminarily identified as an adult male.
The victims in the Woodlawn Neighborhood shooting homicide case are identified as Deja Willingham, 27, and Marcel Bryant, 30. Their families have been notified of their deaths and provided the attached photographs for public release.
The medical examiner determined that both died of homicide by gunshot wounds.
