Kristina Marie Ortiz, a 37-year-old Hispanic/Latina woman, was shot and killed on June 7, 2025 while attending an outdoor birthday party near Southeast Neighborhood Park in South Bend. Police found her with a fatal gunshot wound to the head in the 500 block of Wenger Street; she was pronounced dead at the scene. Reports say she was not the intended target.Kristina is remembered by family as a compassionate caregiver who loved animals and enjoyed arts and crafts. She left behind a young son and numerous relatives grieving her sudden and violent death.The South Bend Police Violent Crimes Unit used surveillance footage to track a dark blue car and identify two people, Jalil Aaron Wills and Nicholas Fairchild, from video at University Park Mall before the shooting.

Investigators say voice notes on Wills’ Instagram allegedly include an admission to firing a Gen 5 9mm and striking a woman in the head; a search reportedly found a shovel near a freshly dug hole but no firearm. Ballistics testing linked casings at the scene to a single Glock-type 9mm and to other incidents allegedly involving Wills and Fairchild.By mid-July the St.

Did anyone at or near the Southeast Neighborhood Park gathering see the dark blue car or remember people acting suspiciously that evening?