Domingo D. Mendez, a 41-year-old Hispanic man, was fatally shot on the night of October 29, 2022 in Bradenton, Florida. The shooting happened around 11:40 p.m. in the 2200-block of 9th St. W., shortly after Mendez left the La Barkania Bar and Restaurant. Officers found him with severe injuries and he was taken to a local hospital as a trauma alert; he died of those injuries on October 31, 2022.

Bradenton Police opened a homicide investigation and later arrested 26-year-old Mario R. Alba-Reyes on November 4, 2022. Alba-Reyes was charged with Second Degree Murder with a firearm in connection with Mendez’s death. The investigation remains active, and police are asking anyone with information to contact them or to submit anonymous tips through Crime Stoppers, where a cash reward may be available for information that helps the case.

If anyone knew Domingo, was in the area that night, or has information that could help investigators, please come forward.