Guillermo Bernal Gomez, a 32-year-old Hispanic man, was killed on June 23, 2019, in Austin, Texas. He was found in the early morning at the Bainbridge Villas apartment complex with multiple gunshot wounds; the Austin Police Department treated the incident as a homicide.

Investigators learned Guillermo had been involved in selling drugs and reportedly owed money to several people. Witnesses placed him with Francisco Lopez and Evan Zanders shortly before the killing. Zanders, arrested initially on an unrelated charge, told police Lopez had asked him to set up a fake drug deal to lure and kill Guillermo; Zanders later pleaded guilty to murder and received a 36-year sentence. Lopez was identified as the driver in nearby McDonald’s surveillance footage, arrested in February 2020, and later convicted and sentenced to 28 years after testifying that Zanders was the shooter and saying fear for his family kept him from reporting the shooting.

The family held vigils and benefits to support Guillermo’s wife and six children as they sought answers and justice. Does anyone in South Austin have information about Guillermo’s last movements or the people he was with that night?