Bruce Abel Preacher Martinez, 38, was killed in a shooting on April 10, 2019, outside the La Quinta Inn near the southwest corner of Interstate 35 and Koenig Lane in Austin, Texas. He grew up in Hillsboro, was born in Waco on April 6, 1981, and later lived in Imperial, where he owned Martinez’s.

The men in the Dodge reported that a man wearing a ski mask approached their car with an assault rifle and fired; one of those men returned fire, fatally wounding Bruce. The other man involved was critically injured but survived.

William Martinez was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony, and held on $500,000 bond. Bruce was pronounced dead at the scene and was buried at Ridge Park Cemetery in Hillsboro.

Does anyone have information about the confrontation that night or knew Bruce and his brother and can help clarify what happened?