Images show injuries, cleaning supplies, other evidence in El Taiger's murder

Oct 11, 2025 - 08:00
Images show injuries, cleaning supplies, other evidence in El Taiger's murder

Ahead of the one-year mark since Cuban singer El Taiger was murdered, we’re getting a new look at some of the evidence prosecutors say incriminates the main suspect.

Damian Valdez-Galloso has denied shooting and killing the singer, whose real name is Jose Manuel Carbajal Zaldivar, and has pleaded not guilty.

Some of the evidence – pictures and videos – show the severity of the gunshot injuries when El Taiger was hospitalized. He fought for his life for a week before succumbing to his injuries.

El Taiger at the hospital after he was shot.

The evidence also shows the inside of the house Valdez-Galloso rented, where investigators say he and El Taiger got into an argument that turned deadly.

Surveillance video already obtained by NBC6 shows both men arriving around 3 a.m.

Inside the house Damian Valdez-Galloso rented

New pictures show just some of the evidence collected by police, including a Ring camera and cameras in the back of the house that apparently were disconnected.

After the shooting, prosecutors alleged that Valdez-Galloso dragged El Taiger’s body to his vehicle, then cleaned up the scene. Pictures showed cleaning supplies like towels, a bottle of bleach and a mop bucket, and clothes in the washing machine.

Cleaning supplies found at the scene of El Taiger’s murder

Valdez-Gallos faces charges of first-degree murder and attempted tampering. He is being held without bond.