A night out at Los Chaparritos in Edgewater, Maryland, ended in a fatal shooting on December 3, 2022. Twenty-six-year-old Luis Angel Meza-Santiago was struck by a single gunshot in the restaurant’s parking lot after a group that had been inside moved outside. Surveillance footage shows a man identified as Alexander Salinas leaving the restaurant, producing a firearm, and firing once toward the group; Meza-Santiago immediately fell.

Salinas, 19 and from Annapolis, returned to the scene and was identified by witnesses. Police say he gave conflicting accounts during questioning before admitting he shot his friend and claiming it was unintentional. The handgun passed between several people after the shot and was not recovered.

The state’s attorney said Salinas fired into the group with intent to kill or cause serious injury. Salinas pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and using a firearm in a crime of violence and received a 40-year sentence, with all but 15 years suspended, followed by five years of supervised probation upon release.

Does anyone have additional information about Meza-Santiago’s last hours or the people who were with him that night?