Mario A. Rodriguez Jr., a 33-year-old Hispanic man from San Antonio, was fatally shot on June 7, 2010, during a drug transaction in the back parking lot of the Country Gold bar on the city’s Southwest Side. Rodriguez, a Marine Corps veteran who owned Orange Brand Construction Co., was at the trunk of his vehicle arranging the sale of Ecstasy pills when he was shot behind the ear and died at the scene.

His 19-year-old girlfriend, Ammy Norwood, had accompanied him and planned to go to the movies after the deal. Norwood heard a gunshot, then saw the assailant approach her side of the car and try to shoot her through the driver’s side window; the gun misfired twice and the shooter fled. Norwood later identified 19-year-old Edward Anthony Deleon in a photo lineup; Deleon was arrested, charged with Rodriguez’s murder and Norwood’s attempted murder, pleaded no contest in June 2011, and was sentenced to 33 years in prison.

Rodriguez left three children: Rey, Mark, and Madison. Does anyone have additional information about that night or knew Rodriguez and can share what he meant to the community?