Alvaro Funes-Salas, 24, was shot and killed the evening of March 12, 2025, near Southwest Second Street and Southwest Third Avenue in Homestead, Florida. Authorities say his wallet, reportedly containing $80, may have been taken; his saxophone was left at the scene. Businesses nearby were closed and the industrial-area location has no surveillance cameras, which investigators say has hampered efforts to recover footage.

Funes-Salas had emigrated from Guatemala about two and a half years earlier and played saxophone in his church band. His brother Valentin Funes says Alvaro regularly sent money home and the family is seeking help to return his body to Guatemala. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office is investigating, no arrests have been announced, and a reward of up to $5,000 through Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers is being offered for tips leading to an arrest.

Did anyone in the Homestead area see or hear anything that night, or know more about Alvaro’s movements before the shooting?