Calif. Mom of 8 Is Fatally Shot While Confronting People She Suspected of Selling Drugs to Family Member

Mar. 15, 2025

Maria Ramos.Photo:GoFundMe

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A California woman was fatally shot while confronting three people, including two teenagers she suspected were drug dealers selling marijuana to her children.

He added that the 33-year-old victim was pronounced dead and the patrol team promptly located the vehicle of the suspects and took them into custody within 12 hours.

Blanca Velasco, Ramos’ mother, says Ramos was visiting her from Los Angeles with her eight children, per NBC Bay Area. A GoFundMe set up for her funeral costs says her children arebetween the ages of 1 and 16.

On the day of the shooting, Velasco told theSan Francisco Chroniclethat she saw a car pull up to the house and believed the teenage occupants were selling drugs to her family member.

“Our plan was to tell them to stop coming to our house,” Velasco said, per the outlet.

One of the people in the suspects’ car is seen exiting the vehicle from the passenger seat and chasing the person identified as Ramos, the video shows.

The video then shows the suspects' car driving away.

When Velasco drove back to the site of the confrontation, she found Ramos bloodied on the ground, she told the outlet.

“I just saw all the blood coming out and I started rubbing her and told her, ‘Breathe! We still need you. You have eight kids that still need you,'” Velasco said.

As she was tending to her daughter, authorities arrived at the scene, she said.

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In the GoFundMe set up for funeral expenses as well as to support the children she leaves behind, Ramos is being remembered for her kindness.

“She brought immense joy, love, and kindness into the lives of everyone who knew her,” the fundraiser reads.

source: people.com