In a tragic occurrence on Saturday afternoon, a woman was shot dead while participating in her brother's funeral procession in the south Chicago suburb of Dixmoor, reported CBS Chicago. The woman, identified as Rhomesha Turner, 34, of Calumet Park, was found with gunshot wounds inside a crashed white Jaguar SUV at around 12:01 p.m., near Seeley Avenue and 147 Street.
Turner, who was involved in the funeral procession leaving St. Mark's Church in Harvey, was taken by Bud’s Ambulance to UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead; her shoes were found left behind at the chaotic scene where the vehicle had struck a house, as per details revealed by Dixmoor Police Chief Lionel Smith in a statement obtained by CBS Chicago.
The loss of Turner follows closely on the heels of her brother Chevelle Carter's death, a man who was killed by gunfire on October 19 in the Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, and while the police were still piecing together this latest act of violence, some speculated late Saturday that the incident could have been an act of retaliation.
The investigation, now involving the Illinois State Police along with the Dixmoor Police Department, had yet to pin down the exact series of events or the perpetrator behind the shots fired, according to NBC Chicago; this incident, which disrupted the solemnity of a funeral procession with the stark intrusion of violence, remains shrouded in traumatic uncertainty for those left in the wake of the two siblings' death.
As the tragic event unfolds, the Dixmoor police, while calling the shooting isolated, are continuing their investigations to provide clarity and justice in a time marked by grief for the family and community of the victims.
