{"id":339990,"date":"2026-07-14T20:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/339990\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T20:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T20:03:07","slug":"she-was-my-world-family-of-woman-killed-in-2025-police-shooting-in-wynwood-seeks-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/339990\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018She was my world\u2019: Family of woman killed in 2025 police shooting in Wynwood seeks justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIAMI \u2014 The family of 28-year-old Evelyn Valdes, who was fatally shot during a police shooting in Miami\u2019s Wynwood neighborhood last year, spoke to Local 10 News after filing a federal wrongful death lawsuit<\/a> against the city, two police officers, a security company and a nightclub.<\/p>\n

Valdes\u2019 mother, Kristy Garcia, and her brother, Jose Valdes Jr., told Local 10\u2019s Linnie Supall that they are seeking accountability and answers over a year after her death.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will always love her,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cShe\u2019s the one who gave me the mom title. She was my firstborn. She was my world.\u201d <\/p>\n

According to the family, Valdes was an innocent bystander who was killed during a police response<\/a> outside a Wynwood nightclub on June 14, 2025. <\/p>\n

The lawsuit alleges officers used excessive force and that negligence contributed to Valdes\u2019 death.<\/p>\n

Surveillance video from the night shows a large crowd gathered outside the nightclub as two men were involved in an altercation. One of the men, identified as 30-year-old Norman Lindo, was armed with a gun, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Police officers nearby responded and fired nearly a dozen shots at Lindo, who was killed. Valdes, who was celebrating her birthday, was sitting in the backseat of a Mazda SUV leaving the venue when she was struck by a police-fired bullet, according to her family.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was the glue that kept everything together, and without glue, everything falls apart,\u201d said Jose Valdes. <\/p>\n

The lawsuit names the city of Miami, the two officers who opened fire, the security company responsible for screening patrons for weapons, and the nightclub.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sister\u2019s life was taken from pure negligence, a situation that could have been completely avoided,\u201d added Jose Valdes. <\/p>\n

The family\u2019s attorneys allege Lindo displayed a gun inside the nightclub while Evelyn Valdes and her friends were celebrating nearby. They said the confrontation later moved outside but that video does not show Lindo raising, pointing, or firing the weapon before officers shot him.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit also claims the city was negligent in getting Evelyn Valdes emergency medical care after she was wounded. The family is requesting a jury trial.<\/p>\n

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