Isaura Soto Gaona was 42 when she was killed while working as manager at Kim’s Red Rose Restaurant and Bar in Hillsboro, Oregon. The shooting occurred in the early hours of Sunday, April 2, 2023, after Soto Gaona and a bartender twice asked a group of four men to leave when they refused to show identification. About an hour after the first encounter the group returned; three men left when asked a second time but 23-year-old Sain Delgado Venegas lingered by the doorway and drew a handgun. The weapon failed to fire twice, then was cleared and a single shot struck Soto Gaona in the chest. Staff and responding officers attempted life-saving measures but she died of her injuries.

Investigators identified Venegas as the primary suspect and arrested him on April 5, 2023. Surveillance footage from the restaurant captured the incident, and security-camera images from a courthouse showed Venegas wearing the same sweatshirt weeks earlier when he met with a parole officer. Venegas had been released from prison shortly before the shooting and had prior criminal history. If anyone has information about Isaura Soto Gaona, her last hours, or the events that night, please share what you know.