Israel Gonzalez was 32 and from Houston when he was killed in a mass shooting at Socio 45 Bar on December 11, 2016. The shooting happened about 4:30 a.m. after an altercation in the parking lot; a shooter followed victims into the after-hours establishment and Gonzalez was fatally shot while four others were wounded. Authorities identified Roger Valdes as the shooter and later charged him with murder and aggravated assault; he was not immediately arrested at the time of the incident.

Gonzalez’s family filed a wrongful death suit against Socio 45 Bar alleging the establishment over-served alcohol, lacked adequate security, and failed to train employees on Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission rules, seeking over $1 million in damages. Gonzalez was remembered by relatives as a hardworking supporter of his mother and younger sister; his sister postponed her quinceañera amid the family’s grieving.