Mom seeks to buy shuttered South Side store where daughter was slain, other properties to address poverty, promote financial literacy

Nyisha Beemon holds a photo of her daughter Jaya Beemon, an 18-year-old Malcom X College nursing student who was gunned down in 2020. Beemon stands next to a vacant lot she bid on through the Cook County Scavenger Sale program in the 7900 block of South Avalon Avenue on March 31, 2022. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)