On April 20, 2026, a planned fight between two teenage girls at Leinbach Park in Winston-Salem escalated into gunfire that left 16-year-old Daniel Jimenez Milian dead. The altercation drew about 15 juveniles and young adults to the park near Sally Kirk Road and Robinhood Road; police were called about 9:52 a.m. as reports shifted from a fight in progress to shots fired. Investigators say Daniel and 18-year-old Joel Michael Gamble-Toliver both discharged firearms. Daniel was found inside the park and pronounced dead at the scene; 17-year-old Erubey Romero Medina was also found fatally wounded in the parking lot. Five others — including Gamble-Toliver and several teenage girls — were wounded, with injuries described from minor to serious in early reports.

Daniel was a student in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools system; his family remembered him as loving and family-oriented and sought help with funeral expenses. Multiple arrests followed as police reviewed evidence and video. Gamble-Toliver, Steven Villanueva, Yamilet Jimenez-Milian, Greidy Mendoza-Soriano and Karissa Gamez were among those charged with various felony counts related to rioting and incitement; charges continued to be added and the investigation remained active. Does anyone who was in or near Leinbach Park that morning have information or video that could help investigators?