Saira Mariosol Vasquez was 30 when she was shot dead inside Bienvenidos Bar 7 De Copas in north Tulsa in the early hours of October 10, 2016. She was working that night alongside 23-year-old Adan Duran; both were fatally shot after intervening when a male patron made persistent unwanted advances toward a bartender who was a relative of the victims. Witnesses say the man briefly left, returned from a vehicle with a pistol, then came back inside and opened fire, killing Saira and Adan while the bartender hid and later fled.

Tulsa homicide detectives interviewed witnesses and questioned at least one person the night of the killings, but no arrests were made that day. In January 2017 police publicly named 33-year-old Rigoberto Pureco and obtained an arrest warrant charging him with two counts of first-degree murder, alleging he was the patron who armed himself and carried out the shooting. The warrant remains active and investigators continue to seek information about his whereabouts.

If anyone knew Saira, Adan, or saw activity around Bienvenidos Bar 7 De Copas that night, please contact Crime Stoppers or the Tulsa Police Department’s homicide tip line.