Karimar Nicole Rios, 18, was found with a gunshot wound inside a crashed vehicle near Sand Lake Road and Lillwill Avenue in Orange County, Florida, in the early hours of September 9, 2025. Deputies arrived about 2:10 a.m.; she was taken to a hospital where she died. Neighbors reported being jolted awake by a rapid series of loud bangs, and a witness told reporters those shots seemed to come from another vehicle parked roadside near a lounge.

Investigators found signs of gunfire tied to the crash and cordoned off the intersection while reconstructing how the roadway violence left a young driver mortally wounded inside her car. An obituary described Rios as having passed away tragically as an innocent bystander on September 9, 2025, and family members were preparing services.

Did anyone see or hear anything in that area that morning that could help investigators?