Aluxes Mares was 20 when she was shot and killed on August 20, 2017, outside Chula’s Sports Cantina in northwest Houston. She had been celebrating her birthday with friends when an argument inside the restaurant spilled into the parking lot and multiple gunmen opened fire. Aluxes was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead; her friend James Butanda was left critically injured.

Investigators say there may have been as many as three shooters and that Aluxes was likely caught in the crossfire. The case was complicated days later when Hurricane Harvey struck the region, which the family believes diverted attention and hampered progress. The Houston Police Department released surveillance photos of three people wanted for questioning, but no arrests have been announced and the homicide remains unsolved.

Aluxes’s family continues to appeal for justice and asks anyone with information to contact Houston police or Crime Stoppers. If anyone knew Aluxes or saw the parking lot that night, can you help provide a lead?