On the night of July 17, 2022, a drive-by shooting in Yuma, Arizona killed 39-year-old Hispanic woman Virginia Pena. Pena was a passenger in a tan GMC Yukon with three female companions when a dark-colored pickup pulled alongside near 1st Street and 15th Avenue and fired several rounds. One bullet struck Pena; the driver of the Yukon then sped to 9th Street and Avenue A and called for help. Officers from the Yuma Police Department arrived around 2:50 a.m. and Pena was pronounced dead at the scene. The three other women in the vehicle were shaken but not physically injured.

Investigators have described the attack as a drive-by shooting; motive and the identity of the shooter or shooters remain unknown. No arrests or public identifications of suspects have been announced and the investigation remains active. If anyone saw a dark-colored pickup or remembers anything from that stretch of 1st Street and 15th Avenue that night, please come forward with information.