On the evening of July 3, 2024, at about 8:30 p.m., Grand Prairie police responded to a shooting in the 300 block of South Center Street and found 28-year-old Jessie Hernandez Ibarra in a parking lot with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead; the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

Investigators say an altercation between Ibarra and another person escalated and Ibarra was shot. The shooter left before officers arrived. Homicide detectives have identified 24-year-old Jose Alberto Sanchez as a person of interest and want to speak with him, though authorities have not publicly detailed why he received that designation. As of December 27, 2024, no arrest in the case has been publicly reported.

Anyone with information on Sanchez’s whereabouts or other details is asked to contact the Grand Prairie Police at 972-237-8700. Has anyone in the area seen or heard anything that could help?