Baldomero M. Vicente Pelico, 33, was fatally shot on May 17, 2025, in the parking lot of a bar on Rossville Boulevard in Chattanooga. The shooting occurred about 11:14 p.m. after Pelico and two companions pulled their Nissan Frontier into the Alcapulco Bar lot. Two men opened fire on the vehicle without any apparent provocation, striking all three occupants. Pelico was found deceased inside the truck; the 44-year-old passenger suffered life-threatening injuries and the 29-year-old sustained non-life-threatening wounds.

Witnesses reported the shooters fled in a dark gray Nissan Altima. East Ridge officers located the vehicle, and a pursuit ended when the suspects abandoned the car and ran. One was caught quickly; the other was tracked into woods behind a movie theater with help from a K-9 unit and a drone and was then apprehended. Roberto Carlos Meja-Chakate and Jerry Juarez-Bernabe were arrested and charged with First Degree Murder and held at the Hamilton County Jail and Detention Center.

The investigation remains ongoing. If anyone has information about Pelico, the shooting, or the events at the Alcapulco Bar that night, please share what is known.