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Joanne Smith

Case from Phoenix, AZ dated Feb 02, 2025

Victim Details

Joanne Smith

Female

Black / African American

Phoenix

AZ

2025-02-02

72

Joanne

Smith

07/07/2026

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In the quiet of a late Sunday afternoon in a South Phoenix neighborhood, 72-year-old Joanne Smith was enjoying the weather from a chair in her front yard. A cherished mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, she was a familiar and comforting presence in her community, known affectionately as the 'neighborhood granny.' Her peaceful evening was shattered in an instant around 5:30 p.m. when a car, described by family as a black Nissan Altima, drove past her home near 22nd Street and Roeser Road ...
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  • Woman Fatally Shot Sunday Night
  • https://www.azfamily.com: 72-year-old woman dies after drive-by shooting in south Phoenix
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