Jesus Vasquez, a 54-year-old Hispanic man, was shot and killed in Houston on March 30, 2025, shortly after 1:35 a.m. The shooting took place outside Latinas Moon Lounge (also reported as Latina’s Bar) in the 4900 block of Telephone Road after an altercation between Vasquez and another man. Officers found Vasquez and a second wounded man on the sidewalk; Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced Vasquez dead at the scene and the 32-year-old bystander was taken to a hospital in stable condition.

Early accounts described Vasquez as a doorman or employee who also helped with cleaning at the nightclub. Investigators said he had been talking with an unknown Hispanic male before the encounter turned physical and a gun was produced. Police released surveillance images and later identified the person of interest as 23-year-old Alfonso Najera Espinal, who was arrested and charged with murder in Harris County and with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for the other victim’s wounding; authorities said he confessed.

Vasquez was born in Brownsville, Texas, on May 8, 1970, and is remembered by family as a devoted father, beloved brother, and cherished friend. Did anyone who was near Telephone Road that morning see what happened or recognize the person in the surveillance images?