Alijah Xzavier Viramontes was 21 when he died from gunshot wounds sustained during a fight at an after-hours party on December 12, 2021, at West Texas Auto and Dent Repair in the 4800 block of Avenue Q in central Lubbock. He worked as a caretaker for Essential Home Health, graduated from Cooper High School, and was remembered for his sense of humor and love of music and video games. Responding officers found Alijah and two others, Sergio Valdez and Meagan Pena, shot around 4:22 a.m.; Alijah died about eight hours later.

Investigators identified four brothers as possible suspects, and two of those brothers named Thomas Jeremy Martinez as the shooter. Martinez was arrested December 21, 2021, at a residence in the 6200 block of 62nd Street; court documents say he admitted to the shooting as he was leaving the scene, and security camera footage shows a man carrying a handgun and firing in the parking lot. The Lubbock Police Department continues to seek information. Did anyone at the party or nearby that night see something that could help investigators?