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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