The vigil for Taylor Walker was held the evening after the mass shooting in the city’s River North neighborhood. Walker, 26, was among four killed.

Born Melanie Doyle, the 24-year-old drill rapper has seen her star power rise in recent years with several tracks that went viral. In 2023, she was charged with felony counts of aggravated battery in connection to an attack on a fellow rapper.

Police said, shortly before 1 p.m., four men were near the sidewalk near 59th Street and Ashland Avenue, when two gunmen walked up and started shooting.