Blanca C. Miranda was 29 when she was shot in the head on September 10, 2018, in the South Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. She was standing in front of a building on West Thomas Street with a 40-year-old man when a gunman approached, drove away after a brief conversation with the man, then returned on foot armed with a handgun. The male companion tried to stop the attacker by grabbing him but was unsuccessful; Blanca was struck in the head and the man was wounded in the left shoulder.

Blanca was taken to Stroger Hospital and died three days later. The male victim was treated at Mount Sinai Hospital and his condition was stabilized. Area North detectives with the Chicago Police Department were handling the investigation; no arrests or suspects had been identified and the motive remained unclear.

Does anyone who was in South Austin on September 10, 2018, or who knew Blanca or the other victim have information that could help investigators?