Kenneth Salazar, 57, of San Antonio died from gunshot wounds sustained during a June 13, 2021 shooting at the Paradise Motel on the city’s West Side. Salazar, a Gulf War veteran and cancer survivor, had been helping a stranger with a car when an argument with that man, identified as Leopoldo Mora, 37, ended with Mora shooting Salazar in the abdomen. Salazar’s injuries worsened and he died three days later.

The shooter fled in a car; the vehicle returned but Mora was not inside. Investigators used surveillance footage, fingerprints and witness statements to identify Mora and later arrested him on a parole violation before charging him with murder. Salazar is survived by his wife, three children and six grandchildren.

If anyone saw the incident or knew Salazar, his family would welcome information that could add to the record.