A 32-year-old woman who was part of a cleaning crew was fatally shot at an Indiana home after workers mistakenly headed to the wrong address, police said.
The shooting occurred Wednesday morning in a subdivision of Whitestown, located about 20 miles northwest of Indianapolis, police said.
Officers responding to a 911 call reporting a possible home invasion shortly before 7 a.m. found the woman dead on the front porch of the residence with a gunshot wound, Whitestown police said.
A woman who worked as a cleaner was fatally shot at a home in Whitestown, Indiana, after police say she mistakenly headed to the wrong address.
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The gun had been fired from inside the home, according to Capt. John Jurkash, spokesman for the Whitestown Metropolitan Police Department.
“It was later determined that the individuals attempting to enter the home were members of a cleaning crew who had mistakenly arrived at the wrong address,” the Whitestown Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement. statementadding that “the facts gathered do not support” that a home invasion occurred.
Boone County Coroner’s Office identified The victim of Thursday’s shooting is María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez, 32, of Indianapolis. He died from a gunshot wound to the head, the coroner’s office said.
Velasquez’s husband told ABC Indianapolis affiliate WRTV that they had been cleaning houses for seven months and that he was with her when she was shot.
“I never thought it was a gunshot, but I noticed that when my wife took two steps back, it looked like she had been hit in the head,” her husband, Mauricio Velásquez, told WRTV in Spanish.
“She fell into my arms and I saw the blood. It went everywhere,” he told the station.
The husband of María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez speaks with ABC affiliate WRTV Indianapolis, November 6, 2025.
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They have four children, the youngest 11 months old, according to WRTV.
“What I need now is for there to be justice, because he took her life, in that sense,” he told WRTV. “I don’t think that’s humane.”
The investigation remains ongoing, police said.
Jurkash told reporters at a briefing Wednesday that detectives are working to “unravel what exactly happened and, if applicable, what charges there would be.”
“We are working closely with the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office to ensure every aspect of this case is handled with care and diligence,” police said, noting that an update will be provided next week “due to the complexity of the investigation.”
Boone County Prosecutor’s Office said WRTV on Thursday that they are still determining whether the shooter will face any charges, the station reported.
