INDIANAPOLIS – An Indianapolis family is in mourning after their matriarch was killed earlier this morning in Whitestown. She was on her way to work as part of a cleaning crew, but had the wrong address.
Whitestown police: Woman killed in shooting was part of cleaning crew that arrived at wrong home
Her family identified the victim as Maria Florinda Rios Perez. Her husband, Mauricio Velazquez, spoke to Fox59/CBS4 through a translator.
“For him, she was the love of his life. She was always nice,” said Velazquez. “She was a good wife and also a good mother to all four of her children.”
Velazquez was there at the time and says he held on to her until authorities arrived…