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Jose Martinez-Medina, 30, was an innocent bystander shot and killed in the early morning hours of Saturday, March 5, 2022, after a dispute at The Warehouse, a bar on Austin Avenue in Waco, Texas. Multiple fistfights inside the bar spilled into the street, and at least one person opened fire into the crowd; several people were struck, and Martinez-Medina, who was not involved in the brawls, died. Another person was injured.

Waco police used surrounding surveillance footage and identified 24-year-old Ryan Austin Trejo as a suspect; he was arrested and charged with murder. Investigators recovered multiple witness cell phone videos, but a gap in enhanced surveillance footage obscured the crucial moments when the shots were fired. Prosecutors later concluded it would be difficult to prove who fired the fatal shot.

In August 2023 the murder charge against Trejo was dropped and he pleaded guilty to reduced counts of aggravated assault and unlawfully carrying a weapon in a prohibited place; those convictions arose from an earlier altercation inside the bar when Trejo displayed a pistol. As of that month the killing of Jose Martinez-Medina remained unsolved. Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at (254) 753-4357 for a possible reward of up to $2,000.

Did anyone witness the shooting or record video from that night that could help identify who fired the fatal shots?