A 52-year-old woman is dead after her taxi was ambushed early on January 4 in Valencia. She has been identified as Nancy Almarales of Clarence Trace, Valencia.

According to reports, Almarales was returning to her home on Clarence Trace, Valencia to collect an item early on January 4, when the car she was in, driven by a man who plied his vehicle for private hire, was ambushed by gunmen.

The gunmen riddled the car with bullets before escaping, but the driver of the car managed to drive to the Valencia Police Post, where he crashed into the station’s wall.