David Jimenez was 34 when he was shot in Tucson on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Known to family for a radiant smile and warm hugs, he was a father of three — Dominic, Lilly, and D’Andrea — and balanced work as a bartender while studying business management at the University of Phoenix.

Just before noon that day, police responded to a reported shooting at a hotel on Speedway Boulevard. Officers found Jimenez with severe gunshot wounds; he was taken to Banner University Medical Center and pronounced dead. Investigators say he had been in the room with friends to meet other men for a drug transaction when an altercation led to exchanged gunfire and the other men fled.

Tucson Police Gang Unit detectives identified two suspects. A SWAT team arrested 33-year-old Cassius Brandon Mason early the next morning; 29-year-old Jose Angel Alvarez was already in custody on unrelated charges. Both were charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery, aggravated robbery, and kidnapping in connection with Jimenez’s death.

If anyone knew David, was at the hotel that day, or has information about the incident, please come forward.