INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - More than 24 hours after a double murder in a quiet northwest-side neighborhood, friends and family are praying for justice.
Members of a local motorcycle club held a vigil Friday for one of the victims, 39-year-old Vicki Valdez.
They remembered a woman they said would give you the shirt off her back.
Police still don't know who shot and killed Valdez, or 31-year-old Vincent Grant inside Valdez's home yesterday.
At Friday's vigil, many of Valdez's friends said they hope police get answers soon. Others focused on the loss of Valdez to her biking family who called her "Bombshell."
"We said she blew up, blew up the place with her smile, happiness. She always wanted everyone to have fun," said Lisa "Mocha" Bussey, a member of the 317 Ryders.
"She was the life of our party, always the blonde bombshell," added member Ami "Rockstar" Kenerly.
That's how members of the 317 Ryders Motorcycle Club said they'd always remember Valdez, instead of the way she died.
"She didn't deserve this. She didn't," said 317 Ryders Member LaChelle Carter.
"I just don't see why anybody would want to hurt her," added Bussey.
According to investigators, someone shot Valdez and Grant in the head. A teenager alerted neighbor Robert Christopher about the horrifying scene inside the house.
"I went up to the door and just peeked in and I seen a man laying on his stomach so I ran down here and yelled at my wife and she ran down and called 911," he said.
Both Valdez's and Grant's family rushed to the neighborhood. One family member or friend had to be restrained by police because he was so distraught.
"Crazy thing to happen in this neighborhood and you know in anybody's neighborhood, it's a shame," said Christopher.
"To lose her was really a shock," said Robert "Profit" Jones, another 317 Ryders member.
Close to 100 bikers, most of them 317 Ryders members, the club Valdez belonged to for a year, rode together in her memory Friday night.
They held a vigil outside the club house on Roosevelt Ave. where Valdez left a lasting impression.
"She would give you the shirt off her back and literally, anything you wanted," said Kimberly "Special K" Larkins, a member of the club.
"If you were a stranger-- Actually, nobody was a stranger to her," Larkins said.
Never far from many peoples' minds, though, were questions like who could have done this and why.
"I hope that whoever done this to her, will be brought to justice," said Bussey.
"They took our friend, that's really all that matters," added Larkins.
Police have not released any kind of information about possible suspects. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at (317) 262-TIPS.
Vincent Grant's family is working on their own to put together a reward for information in this case that can help police make an arrest.
The deaths of Valdez and Grant bring the city's murder rate to 114 for 2016, outpacing 2015's rate by double digits.
