Luis Armando Ibarra, 43, was killed on October 19, 1996, when armed men stormed El Kumbala, the Tejano-style nightclub he owned in El Paso, Texas. Attackers used high-caliber semi-automatic pistols, ordered patrons to lie on the floor and then shot multiple people; five people died that night, including Ibarra and musician Jose Garcia.

Investigators initially considered a drug-related motive but later concluded the shooting was a robbery gone wrong; the assailants were said to be after the club’s earnings and shot victims indiscriminately. The El Paso Police Department launched a manhunt and arrested two men, Pedro Perez Contreras and Antonio Moriel Borjas, on capital murder charges, while three other suspects were still being sought.

The attack was one of the most violent incidents in the city’s history at the time and deeply affected survivors and the victims’ families. Did anyone who frequented El Kumbala in 1996 see or hear anything that could help fill gaps in the timeline that night?