Aaron Ochoa, an 18-year-old Hispanic male, was shot and killed on October 30, 2014, in a parking lot near Paso Del Norte Academy charter school in El Paso, Texas. The shooting followed an argument between Ochoa and fellow student Miguel Bygoytia that began earlier in class and escalated after school. Ochoa was struck by ten shots and suffered six fatal gunshot wounds to the chest, abdomen, and other areas; an autopsy found he had traces of marijuana but was otherwise in good health before the attack.

Three suspects were arrested in connection with the killing. Miguel Bygoytia, 21, and Gustavo Valencia, 17 at the time, were identified as shooters; Valencia later admitted firing four times and said Bygoytia also fired multiple rounds. Armando Torres was accused of being the getaway driver. Ballistics linked casings at the scene to a 9 mm and a .380 pistol seized by the El Paso Police Department. During sentencing hearings Aaron’s mother, Ana Ochoa, and father, Jesus Ochoa, described the family’s grief.