In the early hours of Sunday, November 3, 2024, a shooting in the 700 block of County Road 3 North in Elkhart, Indiana, left 33-year-old Romulo Jesus Reyes Osuna dead and another man, Carlos Martinez, critically injured. Officers arriving around 4:40 a.m. found both men with gunshot wounds; Reyes Osuna was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooting took place outside a Halloween party and surveillance footage captured a confrontation before shots were fired and showed a vehicle at the scene that later ran over Carlos Martinez as it fled.

Reyes Osuna owned the downtown Madrid Tokio Fusion restaurant, which had opened in June 2024 and remained closed after his death. Family and community members described him as a pillar in the community who helped others and was widely liked. The Elkhart County Homicide Unit identified 24-year-old Joshua Peter Martinez of Plymouth as a suspect; he was arrested in Wakarusa and held without bond on charges of murder and attempted murder after a magistrate found probable cause. The surviving victim identified Joshua Martinez as the shooter and investigators recovered a broken vehicle part from the scene linking the suspect’s vehicle to the incident.

Did anyone in the Elkhart area know Romulo Reyes Osuna or have information about that night that could help the investigation?