On April 7, 2025, Marlon López, a Nicaraguan man, was fatally shot in northwest Miami-Dade near Northwest 27th Avenue and 30th Street while accompanying 27-year-old Venezuelan mother Jeankerly María Linares Marín to a food truck after her shift at La Nueva Alameda restaurant. Surveillance footage shows the assailant, 70-year-old Luis Montero Moncada, approaching the pair and opening fire at close range. Linares died at the scene; López was taken to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital and later died of his injuries.

Moncada had been seen earlier that day watching Linares inside the restaurant for hours, and coworkers described him becoming verbally aggressive when she interacted with other men. After the shooting Moncada fled, was located at an Extended Stay hotel on NW 7th Avenue and 69th Street, and was killed in a shootout with deputies; a firearm was recovered from his vehicle. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the officer-involved shooting while the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office continues its probe into the double homicide.

Linares had emigrated from Venezuela seven months earlier and was a mother of two; her family has launched a fundraiser to cover funeral costs and support her children. Does anyone have information about the events near Northwest 27th Avenue and 30th Street on April 7?