On the morning of March 26, 2016, in Yakima, Washington, Martha Martinez, 30, and her colleague Karina Morales-Rodrigues were ambushed and fatally shot in the parking lot of a Moneytree payday lending store as they arrived to open the business. Officers arrived about 6:15 a.m. and found both women deceased from gunshot wounds.

Investigators identified former Moneytree employee Manuel Verduzco after surveillance footage captured the attack. Verduzco was arrested later that day at his parents’ home in Selah and booked into the Yakima County Jail. Prosecutors filed two counts of aggravated first-degree murder; investigators say evidence suggested a planned robbery and that the attacker waited for the employees to arrive, shooting Morales-Rodrigues in her car and then Martinez as she tried to flee.

Vigils were held as family and community members mourned. If anyone has information about the morning of March 26, 2016, or saw activity near the Moneytree that day, please come forward.