Guadalupe Valdez was 26 when he was shot and killed on June 30, 2021, in Wichita Falls, Texas. He was found in the street near Avenue L and Taylor Street with multiple gunshot wounds; officers and EMTs rendered aid but he was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy confirmed multiple gunshot wounds as the cause of death and the manner of death was ruled homicide.

Investigators identified Ramon Rubio, also known as Looney, as the primary suspect. Witness statements and surveillance footage place Rubio in a heated argument with Valdez immediately before Rubio allegedly shot him multiple times. Rubio was arrested on July 24, 2021, after a Crime Stoppers tip and was charged with murder; he also faced a separate felony warrant for Assault/Family Violence-Choking. Prosecutors cited corroborating witness statements, video surveillance, and phone records; bond was set at $1 million on the murder charge and $150,000 on the assault charge.

Anyone with information about the shooting near Avenue L and Taylor Street on June 30, 2021, is asked to come forward.