Ana Martinez was a 19-year-old Hispanic mother of two in San Antonio, Texas, described by family as loving and close to her siblings. On the morning of January 22, 2020, she was inside an apartment at the Pecan Valley Apartments on East Southcross with at least five other people when a handgun discharged and struck her in the head. She was rushed to a hospital and died from the injury.

Police say the 22-year-old boyfriend, Jose Maria Galindo, was handling the gun when it fired. Investigators reported a bullet found low to the ground consistent with a downward trajectory. Galindo fled the scene, changed vehicles in an apparent effort to evade law enforcement, and was arrested shortly afterward in LaSalle County on a manslaughter warrant based on witness statements and forensic evidence.

In February 2020 a judge found no probable cause to proceed, and the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office dismissed the manslaughter charge; Galindo was slated for release. The family organized protests, a petition called Justice for Ana, and fundraising for funeral costs; they say the dismissal devastated them and have urged anyone with information to come forward. Does anyone have information about the events at the Pecan Valley Apartments that morning or about people who were there?