Bobby Joe Ayala, 46, was shot on 9th Street in Wichita Falls on June 6, 2019 and later died at a hospital. He was born May 17, 1973, to Paulina Sanchez and Joe Cortez, Sr., graduated from Hirschi High School in 1991 and served in the Marines. Ayala married Tiffany Rodriquez in 2015 and is survived by his wife, nine children, five sisters, three brothers, five grandchildren and many other relatives.

The Wichita Falls Police Department investigated the shooting; no arrests, suspects or charges have been publicly disclosed. Funeral services were held at the House of Empowerment Church in Wichita Falls, where family and friends gathered to remember him as a devoted husband, father and veteran.

If anyone has information about the shooting on 9th Street that night, please share what you know with the Wichita Falls Police Department.