Rudy Rivas Vallejo Jr., 37, was fatally shot on August 12, 2024, in the parking lot of a Walmart on Southeast Military Drive in San Antonio. Officers responding to reports of a shooting found Vallejo with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled his death a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

Seventy-year-old Michael Wayne Ludwig was at the scene and taken into custody. Preliminary reports indicate Ludwig, who may have been living in his truck in the Walmart lot, and Vallejo got into an argument and Ludwig allegedly fired two shots. Ludwig was charged with murder and booked into the Bexar County Jail. Authorities say no additional suspects are being sought and have not released further details about the argument or any prior relationship between the two men.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or knows what led to the confrontation in that Walmart parking lot, please share information with investigators.