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Isidro Zarate, 39, was shot and killed on November 25, 2016, after intervening to help a woman who was being assaulted in the parking lot of a Walmart on Vance Jackson Road in San Antonio, Texas. Witnesses said Zarate drove up, rolled down his window and yelled at the attacker to stop; the attacker then shot him in the neck at close range. The shooting happened on Black Friday while Zarate’s wife, Lisa Benavides, was inside the store shopping.

Zarate was a father of four and had been married 22 years; family members remembered him for his storytelling and sense of humor. The shooter, later identified as Teles Mandan Juarez, fled but was apprehended after a police helicopter pursuit. Juarez was charged with aggravated assault and retaliation and later faced a murder charge in connection with Zarate’s death; court proceedings included a guilty plea and a life sentence for the murder plus an additional 20 years for an aggravated assault on another woman involved in the incident.

Does anyone have additional memories of Zarate or information about that night that could add context to what happened?