On the night of June 18, 2024, 27-year-old Ariel Jade Martinez and her partner, 31-year-old Jonathan David Medrano were shot while driving on San Antonio’s West Side. Around 11:15 p.m. in the 4300 block of West Martin Street, an unknown assailant in another vehicle allegedly opened fire on their car. The shot vehicle veered off the road and crashed into a drainage ditch, striking two people who were sitting on steps near the embankment.

Ariel Martinez was found dead at the scene; Medrano was taken to a hospital and died shortly after midnight. Both suffered fatal gunshot wounds. A 37-year-old man, Roy RoRo Alderete, was pinned under the car and pronounced dead at the scene; a woman with him sustained minor injuries. Martinez was a mother of two who managed her own salon and was attending aesthetician school; Alderete was remembered by friends and family for choosing to live with his street community after losing close relatives.

No arrests or suspect identifications have been announced and the investigation is active. Does anyone have information about that night on West Martin Street that could help investigators?