Jamaal Deontrae Jones-Aguilar, 23, was shot and killed outside the Gourmet Hot Dogs bar in the Zaraplex center at 1688 N. Zaragoza Road in El Paso on September 1, 2019. During the confrontation, 20-year-old Elijah Jaden Covington reportedly retrieved a rifle from a black Jeep SUV and fired multiple shots. One bullet struck Jones-Aguilar in the head, killing him at the scene; another man not involved in the argument was hit in the face with a non-life-threatening wound.

Covington then fired additional shots into the air and fled in the Jeep. A witness identified Covington as the shooter, and he was arrested a few days later by the El Paso Police Department’s Gang Unit and U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and charged with murder. Jones-Aguilar is remembered by family as an amazing son, brother, and father.

Does anyone have further information about what happened that night or knew Jamaal personally?