Alberto Vargas Quero, 23, was fatally shot on April 5, 2024, outside Modern Hair Cuts barbershop near Mission and 20th Streets in San Francisco’s Mission District. He had arrived in the city two days earlier and was killed on his first day of work at the barbershop. San Francisco Police responded to reports of a shooting at about 1:37 p.m.; officers found Vargas Quero with gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities identified 30-year-old Alexander Martinez of Richmond as a suspect; he was arrested the evening of April 5 and charged with homicide. The motive for the shooting remains unclear, though some reports say a trivial dispute may have escalated. Vargas Quero’s family continues to seek justice after the loss of a young man who had just begun a new chapter in San Francisco.

Did anyone in the Mission District see or hear anything that afternoon that could help clarify what happened?