A Hialeah man is wanted for questioning about the shooting of Cuban reggaeton musician El Taiger in Miami last week. Damien Valdez-Galloso, 49, is being sought for questioning in the Thursday shooting, Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales said Monday. “We know that he has some information we need about the ongoing investigation,” Morales said at a news conference. The musician, José Manuel Carbajal Zaldívar, was sent to Jackson Memorial Hospital on Thursday with a gunshot wound. He was initially in critical condition.
The 37-year-old was discovered lifeless in the back of an SUV near Northwest 9th Avenue and 17th Street. Morales stated that the singer was in severe but stable condition on Monday. The chief also noted that it was a criminal probe, not a suicide attempt, as some have claimed.
Morales stated that investigators have been working nonstop on the case and are following up on every lead. “We are not sure if there are any more people related to the investigation that might be out there,” Morales told the press. “But for now, we need to speak to this gentleman today, so if the public can help us, it will certainly benefit this investigation.”
