Asst. Principal Nerissa Lee, age 46

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Lost to gun violence on September 16, 2025 in Berwyn, Illinois.

Photo sources:

• Contributed photo

News sources:

• Sep 18: New York Post: Assistant principal and her mom gunned down outside school by husband in horrific murder-suicide
• Sep 17: Chicago Sun-Times: Assistant principal fatally shot outside Berwyn's Lincoln Middle School remembered as 'great human being'
• ABC7 Chicago: Assistant principal at Lincoln Middle School in Berwyn among 3 dead after shooting near school
• Facebook
• 3 dead, including suspect, after shooting near Lincoln Middle School in Berwyn, Illinois
• Gun Violence Archive

Also killed was:

• Jocelyn Everage, age 76

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Other nearby fatal shootings:

• Berwyn, IL - April 5, 2025
• Berwyn, IL - May 2, 2021
• Berwyn, IL - June 30, 2020
• Berwyn, IL - March 24, 2019
• Berwyn, IL - June 24, 2018