On January 21, 2024, at about 2:16 a.m., Greensboro police found 36-year-old Gabriel Salazar-Lopez suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds in a gravel parking lot near Bar Latino on West Meadowview Road. He was taken to a local hospital and later died of his injuries. Earlier that day Gabriel and his brother Jonathan had encountered a group of men who made gang gestures toward Jonathan at a restaurant; those same individuals were later seen at Bar Latino making the gestures again. As the brothers left the bar, shots were fired from a white work van with a ladder attached. The van fled the scene; Jonathan was injured and Gabriel was fatally struck.

Gabriel was born July 15, 1987, in La Noria, Guanajuato, Mexico, and worked in residential flooring. He is survived by his parents Elvira Lopez Gonzalez and Jose Antonio Salazar, his children Cristian and Victor, and his brothers Jose A. Salazar-Lopez, Jr., Angel, Omar, and Jonathan. A funeral mass was held January 30, 2024, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, with interment at Lake View Memorial Park. The family asked for donations to Sandy Hook Promise in lieu of flowers.

Does anyone have information about the white work van or its occupants that could help investigators?