Gayden was in the hospital on Monday and did not appear in court as the case moved forward. A 7-year-old girl is dead after she was allegedly stabbed in Chicago , and Shavon Gayden has been charged with first-degree murder . Here is everything we know about the her:
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that officers found Eddimar bleeding on the sidewalk and pressed on her wounds to stop the bleeding. Gayden was taken into custody right after the attack. She has been charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of Eddimar Paola Hernandez Chacon. Bystanders chased Gayden and held her until officers came. As per reports, one person struck her and knocked her unconscious.
Police escorted the ambulance to the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 1:01pm local time.
The Chicago Police Department said the attack happened in the city’s Chatham neighborhood. A police report seen by the Chicago Sun-Times said Gayden “approached from the south and, unprovoked, produced a knife and began stabbing the victim. One person stopped her by hitting her with jumper cables, according to WGN. A Chicago police officer said at Monday’s hearing that she is in hospital with a head injury and could not appear in court.
In 2023, she was charged with attacking a bus driver and got two years of probation. A 2024 case involving two people at a shelter ended with a probation violation. Court records show that a warrant was issued for her arrest in February 2025 after she missed a court hearing.
It is unclear whether the warrant was ever carried out.
Her mother says she went to court in that case and told the public defender about her worries.
As per ABC7 , court records show four earlier cases involving Gayden, including two domestic battery cases.
