Jesus Meza, 25, was one of six people shot during a benefit at Sammie J’s Bar and Grill in North Houston on July 22, 2021. The event had been held to honor a shooting victim who had died the week before. Meza was rushed to hospital and pronounced dead; five other victims — three men and two women — were treated at local hospitals, one woman in critical condition and the others stable.

The shooting was recorded by the Gun Violence Archive as a mass shooting. Family and eyewitnesses described Meza as a man with a big heart and a devoted father to two young sons.

Anyone who was at the benefit or who has information about the shooting is asked to contact the Houston Police Department’s Homicide Division or Crime Stoppers.