Damian Arce, 31, was shot in the parking lot of the Chit Chat Bar & Lounge on the 4800 block of Dyer Street in El Paso shortly after 1 a.m. on June 1, 2025. Officers conducting a bar check heard a gunshot, found Arce wounded outside, and rushed him to a local hospital, where he later died. Detectives with the Crimes Against Persons Unit determined Arce had been in an altercation with another man before the shooting and that the assailant fled the scene.

Authorities publicly identified Arce in the days after the incident, confirmed the location and timeline of the shooting, and an obituary noted his passing on June 1, 2025, in El Paso.

If anyone witnessed the altercation outside the bar or has information about the person who fled, please share what is known.