Jose Ayala Jr., a 48-year-old man from Aransas Pass, Texas, was shot multiple times at his home on the evening of March 11, 2022, and later died at a nearby hospital. The shooting reportedly followed a dispute over child custody. Officers were contacted when 35-year-old Jimmy Langston called the Aransas Pass Police Department around 6:00 p.m. to say he had just shot Ayala Jr.; Langston then turned himself in. Ayala Jr. was pronounced dead after emergency efforts to save him.

Ayala Jr. was born April 10, 1973, in Corpus Christi to Jose Ignacio and Mary Jane Ayala. He enjoyed fishing, cooking, building birdhouses for family and friends, doing yard work for elderly neighbors, and spending time with his four children, Destiny, Desiray, Amanda, and Jojo. Langston was taken into custody and charged with murder; the police asked anyone with information to come forward.

Did anyone in Aransas Pass know Jose’s routines or witness the events that night and can add details?