Chicago street renamed after aspiring Evanston model killed in 2015 Englewood shooting

However her killer has nonetheless not been discovered.

Kaylyn Prior had simply gained a modeling contest out of 500 opponents. The 20-year-old was on her method to stardom when she was shot to demise on an Englewood nook in November 2015.

Now, household and plenty of mates returned to 74th and S. Might streets to unveil a avenue signal devoted to Prior.

“I really feel her spirit right here, it is extraordinarily bittersweet,” stated Prior’s father, Alan Scott.

Aspiring Evanston mannequin’s 2015 Englewood homicide nonetheless unsolved: ‘I need him to be sorry’

Scott hopes the road signal will drive individuals who stroll or drive by it to google his daughter’s identify to find out about who she was.

“She was an incredible athlete, an incredible pal and an incredible particular person,” stated Prior’s childhood pal, Antoinette Allen. “Even when she did not know you, she would take you underneath her wing and make you are feeling such as you have been proper there.”

Prior grew up in Evanston. She was on her method to catch a bus residence after visiting her grandmother’s home in Englewood when somebody in a passing automobile fired photographs. She was not the supposed goal and her homicide stays unsolved.

“We predict it is somebody locally, proper right here, that is aware of one thing,” Scott stated.

Since his daughter’s homicide in 2015, Scott has devoted his life to anti-violence causes. His aim is to get individuals in violent neighborhoods to talk up in the event that they know one thing a couple of crime.

“I am on this struggle as a result of I do not need anybody else within the membership I am in,” he stated.

Scott hopes the road signal will carry again some consideration to the case. Saturday’s dedication ended with a balloon launch from Prior’s mates, many from Evanston.

Whereas Prior’s household hopes the brand new avenue signal will spark some renewed curiosity in fixing her case, they need to remind individuals there’s a $30,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of her killer.