Noel Avido Lopez was 22 when he was fatally shot inside a car in Montgomery, Alabama, in the early hours of Sunday, June 9, 2024. The shooting happened just before 3:00 a.m.; Lopez was pronounced dead at the scene after officers arrived.

Montgomery Police identified 18-year-old Yesman Bardales-Antunez of Montgomery as a suspect and arrested him the following day in Jefferson County. Bardales-Antunez was transported to the Montgomery County detention center and charged with capital murder; under Alabama’s Aniah’s Law he is being held without bail. Authorities have not released a motive or said whether Lopez and Bardales-Antunez knew each other. The killing has been noted among several recent violent incidents affecting the Hispanic community in Montgomery.

If anyone has information about Noel Avido Lopez, the circumstances of the shooting, or knew him, please share what can help the investigation.