Police are working to find the person they say shot and killed a woman who was playing cards Saturday night in Harlem, just blocks away from a later shooting that left two men wounded.

Investigators said Odessa Simms, 61, was outside playing pinochle with a group of people at 144th Street and Lenox Avenue around 11:44 p.m.

That is when a group of men nearby started shooting at another group, according to the city police department.

Police said Simms was caught in the crossfire and hit in the neck.

She was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

NY1 spoke with one neighbor who used to regularly play other games with Simms.

"I played chess with her, I played checkers with her, I played dominos with her," he said. "She didn't do anything, she didn't do anything to anyone."

Friends said the area was a sanctuary for Simms and that she liked to be there with friends, play cards and maybe dominos, and enjoy the evening.

A memorial has been set up at the site of the shooting in Simms's honor.

Community leaders and activists joined friends of Simms on Sunday to pay tribute to her, pray for her and her family, and call for the end of the type of violence that claimed Simms's life.

"Odessa was the warmest and sweetest human being you would ever want to meet," a friend said.

"This is devastating. This is more than you could ever imagine for anyone to have to go through," another said. "I can imagine her family is as devastated, just as much as we are here."

"We stood together to say we do not want to see this kind of violence," a community organizer said. "We need to monitor our communities. We have to police our own communities."

Police said no arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing.

Police describe the suspect as a man with a muscular build who wore a black t-shirt at the time of the shooting.

That shooting was not the only violence in the neighborhood Saturday night.

Just three blocks away on 141st Street, two men were shot and wounded in an unrelated incident about two hours later, according to police.

They are both expected to survive.

Anyone with information on the cases should contact the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS, or text CRIMES and then enter TIP577, or visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com