Evelyn Valdes, 28, was fatally struck by gunfire in Wynwood in the predawn hours of June 14, 2025, while out celebrating the week of her 28th birthday. The shooting occurred around 3 a.m. near Northwest 23rd Street and First Court when police officers confronted an armed man amid a street disturbance; shots were fired, crowds scattered, and two people were mortally wounded: the armed man and Evelyn Valdes. Another man was injured and survived.

Investigators and news accounts identified the armed man as 30-year-old Norman Lindo Jr.; officers reported multiple officers discharged their weapons after encountering him with a gun. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement opened the investigation into the police-involved shooting. In the weeks following the incident it remained unclear whose bullets killed Evelyn Valdes. No arrests had been announced in connection with her death, and her family held a memorial at the corner where she died while pressing for answers and accountability.

If anyone was in Wynwood around Northwest 23rd Street and First Court that morning or has video or information about the confrontation and the shots fired, please share tips with investigators.