According to ABC 7 A woman died after being pulled from the waters of Lake Michigan in downtown.
The incident happened around 5:30 p.m. Saturday in the 600 block of East Grand Avenue near Navy Pier, Chicago police said.
A 27-year-old woman was pulled from the water at the location. She later died at a hospital, CPD said.
She was identified Sunday as Zahrie Walls of Chicago, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said.
According to multiple social media outlets she was best friends with 19-year-old Kenneka Jenkins, whose death made national headlines after she was found dead in a freezer at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois.
Social media reacts:
Chicago Stylist By The Name Of Zahrie Walls A.K.A Z Money Posts Hours Ago Before Falling Off Yacht & Drowning At Black Yacht Weekend SMH ????????
R.I.Paradise Queen ????️ pic.twitter.com/M7hfY7MPYk
— Red Monroe (The Villain ????) (@RedMonroe13) June 22, 2025
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Why would you hang out anywhere near a large body of water if you can’t swim? pic.twitter.com/yrmGC1vDFQ
— Kennedy Clark (@younghavok) June 22, 2025
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wait so she didnt know how to swim????? pic.twitter.com/mrueV2eKjt
— Humble????????God???????????? (@ThaHumbleGod) June 22, 2025
May she rest in peace.
