On the evening of December 7, 2022, gunfire erupted at the intersection of Pine and Sargeant Streets in Holyoke. Police responding to reports of shots fired around 8:20 p.m. found two unoccupied vehicles that appeared to have collided and numerous spent shell casings nearby. In a nearby backyard officers discovered 49-year-old Luis Ramos of Holyoke lying face down with a gunshot wound to his stomach. Ramos was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield and was pronounced dead a short time later.

Investigators concluded the violence was targeted. Evidence indicates the confrontation began as a vehicle collision and escalated; more than ten rounds were fired at Ramos, who was in the second vehicle, and the shooter was an occupant of the other car. A warrant was issued for 21-year-old Evdyele Oniel Pabon Flores of Springfield on a charge of murder; he was at large and listed on the Massachusetts State Police’s Most Wanted list before turning himself in on April 14, 2023.

If anyone saw the vehicles or the collision that night, or has information about the shooting, please share what is known with investigators.