Yanelis Munguia, a 10-year-old White female from Leon, Nicaragua, was killed in Miami, Florida, on January 1, 2025. She was outside her family’s apartment near NW 27th Ave and NW 21st St., celebrating New Year’s and lighting fireworks when she collapsed after being struck by a stray bullet fired into the air. The wound was to the back of her head.

Her parents put her in a vehicle and drove toward the hospital while calling for help; Hialeah Fire Rescue met them en route and took her to Jackson Ryder Trauma Center, where she was pronounced dead. Yanelis was a fourth-grade student at Melrose Elementary School and was remembered by family and teachers as bright and nurturing toward her younger brother. No arrests have been made and the shooter remains unidentified; investigators ask anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at 471-8477.

Did anyone in the area that night see or hear anything that could help identify where the gunfire came from?