Eliel Omar Bultron Hernandez was 19 when he was killed at a homecoming after-party in far east El Paso on September 17, 2023. The party, held at a short-term rental on the 12300 block of Tierra Inca Drive, grew out of control and, around 1 a.m., someone fired multiple rounds into the crowd. Eliel died at the scene; a 14-year-old girl, Julia Worthington, was critically wounded and later died, and four other teenagers aged 16 to 19 were injured but survived.

Investigators tied the shooting to a feud between two young men, Angel Avila and David Caldera. Court documents say Avila believed Caldera had shot at him previously. Avila allegedly arrived at the party, saw Caldera, warned a friend there would be a shooting, and opened fire; Caldera returned fire. Ballistics testing linked a recovered ghost gun — later found buried in the desert after Avila was taken to a hospital — to the rounds that killed Eliel and Julia and wounded the others.

Avila was arrested on an outstanding warrant in November 2023 and charged with capital murder and related counts. If anyone attended that party or has information about the events that night, please share what was seen or heard.