Ada Beatriz Aguilar, 47, was killed in the early morning hours of November 14, 2021, in a parking lot outside La Playita Bar on Fuqua Street in southeast Houston. Surveillance footage and the investigation say Aguilar had just left the bar and was sitting in her truck with friends when a stray bullet struck her. The bullet was fired by Moises Castillo, a 28-year-old former security guard, who and other guards had opened fire at a black Ford truck that was allegedly driving recklessly and damaging vehicles and injuring people in the lot.

Video released as part of the inquiry shows two security guards attending to Aguilar about six minutes after the shooting; she was unresponsive and later pronounced dead at the scene. Other guards were seen picking up items and disposing of them in a storm drain where shell casings were later recovered. Castillo was identified as the shooter and arrested nearly a year later on a murder charge; bond was set at $120,000 with GPS monitoring and a curfew if he posts bond. Other guards in the incident have not been charged.

Aguilar’s family, including her daughter Claudia Quintana who was working at the bar that night, has sought answers and set up a GoFundMe to help cover expenses. Does anyone have information about who else was working security that night or saw the events in the parking lot?