Juan Angel Simental Jr was a 17-year-old Hispanic student from Muleshoe, Texas, attending Muleshoe High School when he was robbed and shot on the evening of March 23, 2023, in the 4000 block of Neuches in Amarillo. Officers found him with life-threatening injuries and he was taken to a local hospital; he died of those injuries on March 27, 2023, just months before his expected graduation.

Investigators arrested two juveniles in the case: 17-year-old Lamar Tirson and a 14-year-old male whose name was withheld because of his age. Both were initially charged with aggravated robbery; after Juan’s death the charges were elevated to murder. Tirson was booked into the Potter County Detention Center and the 14-year-old was taken to the Youth Center of the High Plains. Tirson posted a $250,000 bond and was released, with a murder trial set for February 2026.

In November 2025 Tirson was arrested again on separate felony allegations arising from an incident in which he allegedly threatened six people with a firearm and fired at an occupied house. A grand jury later indicted him on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and deadly conduct, and a judge revoked his bond on the original murder charge; he was back in custody as of December 2025.

Did anyone in Muleshoe or Amarillo know Juan or see him in March 2023 who could share details about that night?