Matthew Aguirre, 22, was fatally shot in the early hours of March 16, 2018, in the 2200 block of South 5th Street just north of Oltorf Street in Austin. Officers found Aguirre lying in the street with obvious trauma; he was taken to St. David’s South Austin Medical Center and pronounced dead at 6:04 a.m. The incident reportedly began as an argument that escalated into gunfire.

Witnesses described a white car, possibly a Honda with paper plates, fleeing the scene. Police said the vehicle’s occupants — described as a Black man and two women — might have been struck by gunfire. The Austin Police Department opened a homicide investigation and has asked the public for help. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced.

Matthew is remembered by his children Alyzzah Lenah Aguirre, Matthew Thomas Aguirre, Nathan Rene Aguirre and Alejandra Chaidez, and his parents Juanita Maria Aguirre and Raymond Acevedo Campos III. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Austin Police Department’s Homicide Tip Line or Crime Stoppers.