Rhonda Jackson-Mitchell, 41, comforts her nephew, Calvin Burns, 19, of North Chicago, as they talk about the fatal shooting of Burns' girlfirend, Janay McFarlane, 18, who was killed while walking with him Friday night. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Medi
Stuffed animals placed at the memorial for 18-year-old Janay McFarlane who was fatally shot in an alley in the 1300 block of Jackson Street in North Chicago on Friday evening. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Calvin Burns, 19, of North Chicago explains how a car drove up the alley and a person from the vehicle fatally shot his friend 18-year-old Janay McFarlane on Friday evening in the 1300 block of Jackson Street. Burns was walking with McFarlane at the time of the shooting. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
A poster at the memorial for 18-year-old Janay McFarlane who was fatally shot in an alley in the 1300 block of Jackson Street in North Chicago on Friday evening. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Rhonda Jackson-Mitchell, 41, and Calvin Burns, 19, of North Chicago hug and cry as they talk about the shooting death of 18-year-old Janay McFarlane that happened in an alley just outside her home on Friday evening in the 1300 block of Jackson Street. Burns was walking with McFarlane at the time of the shooting. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Rhonda Jackson-Mitchell, 41, of North Chicago becomes emotional as she talks about the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Janay McFarlane that happened in an alley just outside her home on Friday evening in the 1300 block of Jackson Street. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Bullet holes in the kitchen window of the home of Rhonda Jackson-Mitchell, 41, of North Chicago that she reported to police last week. On Friday 18-year-old Janay McFarlane was fatally shot in an alley just outside her home in the 1300 block of Jackson Street. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
A bullet hole in the 2nd floor window of the home of Rhonda Jackson-Mitchell, 41, of North Chicago that she reported to police last week. On Friday 18-year-old Janay McFarlane was fatally shot in an alley just outside her home in the 1300 block of Jackson Street. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Ceasefire outreach worker Andre Warship (left) of North Chicago and Pastor Joshua Randolph of Gurnee stand next to bullet holes in the wall of the home of Rhonda Jackson-Mitchell, 41, of North Chicago in the 1300 block of Jackson Street. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
A memorial at the site of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Janay McFarlane that happened in an alley at the 1300 block of Jackson Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Erick Frydrych, 42, of North Chicago talks about 18-year-old Janay McFarlane who was shot and killed in an alley at the 1300 block of Jackson Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Pastor Joshua Randolph (left) of Gurnee leads a prayer in front of the home of Rhonda Jackson-Mitchell, 41, of North Chicago in the 1300 block of Jackson Street. The home was targeted in a drive-by shooting and was just two doors away from the fatal shooting of18-year-old Janay McFarlane on Friday evening. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Pastor Joshua Randolph of Gurnee leads a prayer in front of the home of Rhonda Jackson-Mitchell, 41, of North Chicago in the 1300 block of Jackson Street. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Calvin Burns, 19, of North Chicago explains how a car drove up the alley and a person from the vehicle fatally shot his friend 18-year-old Janay McFarlane on Friday evening in the 1300 block of Jackson Street. Burns was walking with McFarlane at the time of the shooting. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Rhonda Jackson-Mitchell, 41, hugs Calvin Burns, 19, of North Chicago after a group prayer outside her home in the 1300 block of Jackson Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
People hold hands during a group prayer outside the home of Rhonda Jackson-Mitchell in the 1300 block of Jackson Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Rhonda Jackson-Mitchell, 41, hugs Calvin Burns, 19, of North Chicago along with Andrew Outlaw (left), 17, of North Chicago after a group prayer outside her home in the 1300 block of Jackson Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Erick Frydrych, 42, of North Chicago takes photos of a memorial for 18-year-old Janay McFarlane who was shot and killed in an alley at the 1300 block of Jackson Street in North Chicago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
A memorial at the site of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Janay McFarlane that happened in an alley at the 1300 block of Jackson Street in North Chciago. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Be in Peace written on a poster at the memorial for 18-year-old Janay McFarlane who was fatally shot in an alley in the 1300 block of Jackson Street in North Chicago on Friday evening. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
An angel placed at the memorial for 18-year-old Janay McFarlane who was fatally shot in an alley in the 1300 block of Jackson Street in North Chicago on Friday evening. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
A poster at the memorial for 18-year-old Janay McFarlane who was fatally shot in an alley in the 1300 block of Jackson Street in North Chicago on Friday evening. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Be in Peace written on balloons at the memorial for 18-year-old Janay McFarlane who was fatally shot in an alley in the 1300 block of Jackson Street in North Chicago on Friday evening. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
A poster at the memorial for 18-year-old Janay McFarlane who was fatally shot in an alley in the 1300 block of Jackson Street in NorthChicago on Friday evening. | Thomas Delany Jr.~ Sun-Times Media
Janay McFarlane, 18, of Chciago with her son. Janay was fatally shot on Friday evening while visitng relatives in North Chicago. | Special to Sun-Times Media
Janay McFarlane, 18, of Chciago who was fatally shot on Friday evening while visitng relatives in North Chicago. | Special to Sun-Times Media
“I had a bad feeling,” said Calvin Burns about the night his girlfriend Janay McFarlane was gunned down near him in a North Chicago alley. Burns said McFarlane was finishing her purchase at a local convenience store when another neighborhood man “was muggin’ me,” Burns …