Julio Cesar Vargas-Olmedo, 24, a Hispanic/Latino man, was shot and killed late the night of July 11, 2025, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Officers responding around 11 p.m. to the 1200 block of Waughtown Street found him outside a residence at 1261 Waughtown Street with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene despite emergency efforts.

Detectives described the shooting as targeted and canvassed the area for witnesses and surveillance as they tried to reconstruct events. Early updates released his identity and age but offered few specifics about motive or the attacker, and no suspect had been publicly named or arrested by the next day. The case remains open as investigators seek tips to connect fragmented information to a clearer account of who fired the shots and why.

If anyone saw activity on Waughtown Street that night or has information, please come forward to help investigators.