Kandra Hillard, 37, was found fatally wounded in an alley off the 7500 block of South St. Lawrence Avenue in Chicago’s Greater Grand Crossing/Chatham area in the early hours of July 19, 2025. Police say shots were fired from a passing vehicle; Hillard was struck in the abdomen and pronounced dead at the scene. A man was also shot in the knee and survived. The Cook County medical examiner identified her as Kandra Hillard of Chicago, and her obituary listed her full name as Kandra Lasha Hillard with the same date of death.

Detectives described the attack as gunfire from a vehicle traveling through the narrow back lane edged by garages and chain-link, where investigators recovered shell casings. Police stated no one was in custody and did not immediately release a description of the shooter or vehicle.

Did anyone in the neighborhood see a vehicle or people in that alley around 1 a.m. on July 19?