Veronica Josephine Santana, 46, was shot and killed on August 2, 2023, in a Tucson neighborhood near Drexel Road and Nogales Highway. Tucson police found her with gunshot wounds; she died after officers and medical personnel attempted to save her. A man who was with her that evening was also shot and taken to a hospital, while a third person present was uninjured.

The relationships among the three people at the scene and the circumstances leading up to the shooting have not been detailed publicly. The Tucson Police Department opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for help; at the time of that appeal no suspects had been identified and no arrests were announced.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Veronica, please come forward to assist the investigation.