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Joanne Smith, 72, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting while sitting in a chair in her front yard in South Phoenix on a late Sunday afternoon around 5:30 p.m. The vehicle involved was described by family as a black Nissan Altima. Her son Thomas found her slumped in the chair and she was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

A beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother known in the neighborhood as the neighborhood granny, Smith’s family say she had no known conflicts and are struggling with the apparent randomness of the attack. The Phoenix Police Department opened a homicide investigation, canvassed the area and asked the public for tips, but the suspects remain at large and a motive is unknown.

Does anyone who was in the 22nd Street and Roeser Road area that afternoon recall seeing a black Nissan Altima or anything suspicious that could help investigators?