On July 30, 2023, 37-year-old Nancy Padilla was shot during a road rage incident on Chicago’s Near South Side and later died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The shooting occurred around 8:10 p.m. in the 2200 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive after a 2015 Nissan sedan cut off the car Padilla was in. The vehicle she rode in was driven by a 26-year-old man; after the drivers honked, the Nissan pulled alongside and someone inside opened fire.

Padilla was struck in the neck; the 26-year-old sustained a graze wound to his back and declined treatment. Detectives described the episode as road rage-related, and area investigators were working to identify and apprehend those involved. No arrests had been reported by the time of these accounts.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the Nissan or its occupants, please share what you know.