Heliodoro Arias Flores Jr., a 28-year-old Hispanic man from Austin, Texas, was fatally shot in the parking lot of Ojos Locos Sports Cantina in North Austin on January 23, 2022, just after 10:30 p.m. Flores was taken to Dell Seton Medical Center but died several hours later; another victim, Juan Carlos Loarca-Villatoro, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Austin Police investigators say witness testimony identified Edgar Alejandro Barahona, 19 at the time, as the shooter. Barahona was arrested on January 24, 2022, and charged with first-degree murder; indictments followed. During the trial the defense argued Barahona acted in self-defense, while prosecutors introduced text messages and videos from his phone they described as taunting the victims. The jury found him guilty on both counts of murder and he received concurrent 35-year prison terms.

What details about that night or the people involved might help explain how the confrontation began?