Police release photos of suspects in killing of 70-year-old womanSun-Times Wireon August 17, 2021 at 1:42 pm

Police have released photos of two gunmen wanted for fatally shooting a 70-year-old woman early Monday in Hegewisch on the Far South Side.

Yvonne Ruzich was parked in her car just after 4:25 a.m. in the 13300 block of South Baltimore Avenue when two males approached and fired shots, Chicago Police said.

Ruzich was reportedly seated in her car, speaking with someone in another car before reporting to work at Baltimore Food & Liquor Store. Surveillance video shared with media outlets show the gunmen approach from behind and open fire as Ruzich drove away.

She was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and pronounced dead.

Around 200 family, friends and community members gather for a vigil for Yvonne Ruzich outside Baltimore Food & Liquor Store in the Hegewisch neighborhood, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. Ruzich was shot and killed earlier this morning in the 13300 block of South Baltimore Ave.Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Monday evening, dozens of people held a vigil for Ruzich and called for the public to turn in the shooters.

Ruzich had retired after working 25 years in the Department of Streets and Sanitation and had spent a year and a half reporting early for work at the store where she was killed, Police Commander Robert Rubio told the crowd.

Ruzich was a familiar face in the neighborhood, according to Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza (10th).

“How many of us came here in the morning for coffee and she was in there?” Sadlowski Garza said.

“Please, there’s someone out there who knows who this is… Say something. We can’t let this go on,” she said.

Ruzich’s daughter, Karla Ruzich, said her mother was known as “Grandma Jo.”

“Whoever you are out there took her from her grandbabies. And you should be ashamed of yourselves. And anyone hiding your dirty little secret out there right now should be ashamed of themselves,” she said.

Police said one suspect wore all-black clothing and a black face mask. The second person wore a light-colored hooded sweatshirt, light pants with black shoes with white soles and a light-colored face mask.

Police asked anyone with information to call Area 2 Detectives at (312) 747-8271. Anonymous tips can be submitted to www.cpdtip.com.

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