A 32-year-old woman who was part of a cleaning crew was fatally shot at an Indiana home after the workers mistakenly went to the wrong address, police said.
The shooting occurred Wednesday morning in a subdivision of Whitestown, located approximately 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 said she mistakenly went to the wrong address.
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The gun had been fired from inside the home, according to Whitestown Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson Capt. John Jurkash.
“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, adding that “the facts gathered do not support” that a home invasion occurred.
The Boone County Coroner’s Office identified the shooting victim on Thursday as 32-year-old Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez of Indianapolis. She 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 homes for seven months and he was with her when she was shot.
“I never thought it was a shot, but I realized when my wife took two steps back, she looked like she’d been hit in the head,” her husband, Mauricio Velasquez, told WRTV in Spanish.
“She fell into my arms, and I saw the blood. It went everywhere,” he told the station.
The husband of Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez speaks with ABC Indianapolis affiliate WRTV, Nov. 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 believe that’s human.”
The investigation remains ongoing, police said.
Jurkash told reporters in 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 updates may take several days “due to the complexity of the investigation.”
The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office told WRTV on Thursday that they are still determining whether the shooter will face any charges, the station reported.