Manuel Alvarez Zuniga was 34 when he was killed on February 14, 2015, in San Jose, California. Zuniga worked as a security guard at the Bboss nightclub and intervened in a theft at the nearby Liquor 4 Less when a man grabbed a box of sweetened cigarillos and ran toward a getaway car. As the thief reached the vehicle someone inside began firing; Zuniga stepped in front of a fellow guard and was struck. He was taken to hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

San Jose police treated the shooting as a homicide and seized surveillance footage from the liquor store. Witnesses said the suspects had bought a bottle of cognac there just before the theft. By February 17, 2015, two men had been identified and arrested and charged in connection with the killing. Friends, family and colleagues remembered Zuniga as a hero; memorials and vigils were held and fundraisers supported his family.

If anyone witnessed the robbery or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.