Amanda Weir Cordell was 38 when she was shot in Evansville, Indiana, on the evening of Friday, May 18, 2018. She was in a car on Delaware Street with her mother and two of her children when a man opened fire. Amanda and her mother were hit; Amanda died at a local hospital the next day and her mother survived with serious injuries. The two children in the backseat were physically unharmed but witnessed the shooting.

Police identified 56-year-old Robert Ballard Jr. as the alleged shooter and arrested him at the scene. Authorities said Ballard had been in a relationship with one of the women that had recently ended, and they described that breakup as the apparent motive. An armed neighbor reportedly confronted Ballard and exchanged gunfire with him during the incident; no one was injured in that exchange.

Prosecutors charged Ballard with murder for Amanda’s death and attempted murder for the shooting of her mother. The case has been repeatedly delayed by questions about Ballard’s mental competency; a December 2022 trial ended in a mistrial, and competency evaluations and rescheduling continued into early 2025, leaving the case unresolved. If anyone knew Amanda, her family, or saw the scene on Delaware Street that night, please share what might help the investigation.