Jose Avila, 39, was a music producer and a City of Dallas employee remembered by family as Joey or Ace. Described as funny, loving and caring, he was the father of three. On the evening of Sunday, August 15, 2021, Dallas police answered a shooting call in the 2700 block of Vilbig Street. Officers found Avila, a Hispanic man, lying in the middle of the street with multiple gunshot wounds; Dallas Fire-Rescue personnel were on scene and Avila was pronounced dead.

The Dallas County Medical Examiner later identified him as Jose Angel Avila. The Dallas Police Homicide Unit opened an investigation; the motive and circumstances were not immediately clear. Detectives identified a suspect they believed responsible and on Sunday, September 5, 2021, Angel Martinez, 21, was arrested and booked into the Dallas County Jail on a murder charge and was in custody awaiting a bond hearing as of September 2021.

Did anyone in the area see or hear something that night on Vilbig Street that could help clarify what happened?