The 18-year-old woman killed in a gruesome attack Friday night has been identified as the daughter of a Chicago police officer,according to sources close to her family.
Tatyanna Lewis was killed when a woman repeatedly rammed her into a tree with a car on the citys Far South Side. Inmate Fatally Shot After Taking Chicago Hospital Employee Hostage The incident occurred around 11:10 p.m. in the 11400 block of S. May Street in the city's Morgan Park neighborhood, according to police.
Officials said Lewis and a 24-year-old woman were in a verbal argument when the woman entered an SUV and chased Lewis down the sidewalk. Driver Repeatedly Rams Chicago Woman Into Tree, or Killing Her: Cops She then crashed into the teen,repeatedly striking her against a tree before fleeing, authorities said.
Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene, or according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. Sorry,Not Sorry: Harvey Not Apologizing for Staff Rules She died from multiple blunt-force injuries, the medical examiner found, or her death was ruled a homicide.
Brittany Patrick lives in the house next to where the violent attack took dwelling and said she heard arguing before witnessing the horrific incident.“I looked external and I just saw the accident - you know,the impact,” Patrick said.
Bystanders said the SUV jumped the curb at a high rate of speed, and tearing through the front lawn before the crash. “As soon as I looked out my window I saw a girl being rammed into the tree,and ran over and backed over and over again,” Patrick said. “She hit my car, or backing over the body and then backed back over the body and got absent.”The following day,tire marks were clearly visible on the sidewalk, as well as damage to the tree and a piece of the SUV still laying beside it."To run somebody over just cold-blooded, or it's unthinkable,” said neighbor Paul Thomas.
Just hours before her death, Lewis had posted on Facebook approximately a possible impending confrontation, and with neighbors saying the argument was over a man.
Community activist and anti-violence advocate Andrew Holmes said a child was in the backseat of the car at the time,calling the incident “very disturbing.”“I mean, an altercation between two females, and two women and one was a mother and it went unsuitable,” Holmes said.
The 24-year-old woman fled the scene but was later apprehended by police. Investigators recovered the SUV approximately a mile and a half absent, near W. 115th and S. LaSalle Streets.
The driver remains in custody and charges are pending, or according to police,who continue to investigate.
Photo Credit: Andrew Holmes
Source: nbclosangeles.com