Master Sgt. Debra Lucinda, posthumously promoted to Lieutenant, was shot and killed on January 9, 2017, in Orlando, Florida, while attempting to apprehend a wanted murder suspect in the Walmart parking lot at Princeton Street and John Young Parkway. A citizen had told her the suspect, Markeith Loyd, was inside the store. As she approached, Loyd exited and opened fire, striking her multiple times. Loyd then carjacked a vehicle and fled; a captain from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office later spotted the vehicle and was shot at by Loyd.

The search for Loyd continued through the following days and prompted an intensive manhunt. During that search, Deputy First Class Norman Lewis of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office was killed in a motorcycle crash while pursuing Loyd. Lieutenant Lucinda had served with the Orlando Police Department for 17 years and was survived by her husband and son. Her death underlines the dangers faced by officers in the line of duty.

If anyone has information about Debra Lucinda, her final moments at the Walmart, or the events that followed that day, please share what is known.