Family of woman accidentally killed by Miami police at Wynwood club files suit

The family of a woman who was shot dead by Miami police officers who were firing at someone else outside a Wynwood nightclub last summer is suing the department, the city, the club and the security company that was working that night.

Evelyn Caridad Valdes was sitting in the backseat of a Mazda SUV stuck in traffic outside the Electric Lady nightclub at 144 Northwest 23rd Street around 3:05 a.m. on Saturday, June 14, 2025, when she was shot in the torso.

Her friend in the front passenger seat was grazed in the leg by another bullet, according to the lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. Southern District Court…

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