Ernesto Alonzo was 37 when he was shot and killed in Houston on March 27, 2010. The shooting happened about 4:30 a.m. on Monarch Road after he had been seen inside a bar and then ran out, pursued by several people. Witnesses heard multiple gunshots and found him collapsed in a nearby ditch; he was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital and pronounced dead.

Suspects were described as a group of unknown Black males who fled in an unidentified vehicle. The Houston Police Department Homicide Division is investigating. Ernesto was remembered in an obituary as a loving husband, father, son, and friend and was buried in Houston following services held shortly after his death.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about the group or vehicle involved, please contact the Houston Police Department Homicide Division or Crime Stoppers.