Gloria Binder, a 67-year-old African American woman from Chicago, was fatally shot on February 1, 2022. She, her husband and their son Erskine Binder had stopped across the street from the Food Town Supermarket in the 900 block of East 79th Street just after 6 a.m. Erskine was shot inside the store; someone then fired into the family’s car, killing Gloria and seriously wounding her husband.

The shooting occurred on the border of the East Chatham and Grand Crossing neighborhoods. A SWAT team searched nearby apartment buildings for about six hours after the attack but made no arrest at the time. Neighbors pointed to minimal building security, including an unlocked front door and no cameras; residents also noted another shooting on the same block two weeks earlier that wounded a 16-year-old boy and a 46-year-old woman.

Gloria’s family described her as loving and generous, the heart of the family who often helped others. An arrest was later announced in January 2024; anyone with information about the February 1, 2022 shooting or Gloria’s life is asked to come forward.