Enrique Bocanegra, a 66-year-old Hispanic man from San Antonio, was fatally struck by a stray bullet on February 21, 2022, after a shootout erupted outside his home. The gunfire began during a confrontation near a North Side gas station that involved a mix of juveniles and adults and quickly escalated into deadly violence.

Authorities say the confrontation grew out of a planned robbery of an unidentified male’s narcotics. The shootout killed Bocanegra and a 14-year-old teenager, Christopher James Mejia. San Antonio police identified multiple suspects and charged four people — two juveniles and two adults, including 21-year-old Oscar Martinez and 17-year-old Jerry Ortiz — with capital murder in connection with the deaths.

Bocanegra is remembered by neighbors as kind and helpful. The case raises questions about how a robbery plan turned into a fatal exchange of gunfire so close to homes; anyone with information about the February 21 incident is asked to come forward.