A Chicago woman survived a bullet to the chest when she was caught in crossfire coming home from the airport. Sadly, her boyfriend didn’t survive. Now, as she tries to rebuild her life, she’s facing another fight — to get the financial help she says she was promised.
On Aug. 13, Tyaisha Spann and her boyfriend, Donnie Lee Chapman Jr., were coming home from a week in Antigua celebrating their anniversary, but on their drive home from O’Hare International Airport, their trip ended in unimaginable tragedy.
They turned onto 71st Street near Champlain Avenue. Someone was blocking the street. When the driver moved to get around them she said she started hearing gunfire and they were caught in the middle…