Whitney Nicole Chavez, a 34-year-old Hispanic mother of five, was shot and killed on the evening of August 30, 2022, in Pueblo. She had stepped outside a friend’s house in the 900 block of East 7th Street at about 9:30 p.m. and never returned inside. Officers who responded found her suffering from gunshot wounds; she died at the scene.

Pueblo Police opened a homicide investigation and asked for the public’s help after witnesses reported a red or maroon SUV—possibly a Ford Explorer, Ford Expedition, or Lincoln Navigator—leaving the area after the shooting. Investigators have not established what role, if any, that vehicle or its occupants played. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced.

Her father, Steven Chavez, has become the caregiver for her five children and placed a memorial sign on East 7th Street. Does anyone who was in that neighborhood that night or who saw a red or maroon SUV coming or going have information to share?