Maria Cortez, 54, was shot and killed at her Fort Worth home on West Loraine Street in the early morning of April 24, 2016. Around 1:30 a.m., an unidentified person in a vehicle opened fire on the house. Cortez suffered major gunshot wounds and was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital, where she was pronounced dead; the Tarrant County medical examiner identified her as the victim.

The Fort Worth Police Department Homicide Division investigated the shooting. No arrests or publicly disclosed suspects or motives have been reported. Maria Cortez is survived by her father, Ignacio Cortez, and her mother, Candidad Patino. Her death was one of three fatal violent incidents in Fort Worth over a two-day span. Does anyone have information that could help identify who fired into the house that night?