A violent shootout in a Lawrence parking lot left three men dead on the evening of August 18, 2024. Officers responded to reports of shots fired near North Post Road and 42nd Street around 8:45 p.m. and found multiple victims; 35-year-old Candido Eustaquio Antunez Escobar was among those pronounced dead at the scene, along with Daniel Alberto Morales Uribe and Juan Manuel Alfaro Escobar.

Investigators say the killings grew out of a long-running feud between two families that originated in Honduras. Witnesses and court records reportedly tie the dispute to historical grievances, including alleged prior killings of relatives, and describe the parking-lot confrontation as a verbal argument that rapidly escalated into gunfire with multiple weapons used.

Two 29-year-old men, Santos Alfaro-Escobar and Justo Miguel Antunez Escobar, were arrested and held on preliminary charges including battery with a deadly weapon and criminal recklessness; both were also subject to ICE detainers. Does anyone have information about the families involved or that night’s events?