Refugio Alvarez, 29, was fatally shot just before 9 p.m. on February 15, 2023, in the parking lot of an apartment complex on the Northwest Side of San Antonio in the 10500 block of Bandera Road. Officers found Alvarez with two gunshot wounds to the chest and one to the hand; he was taken to University Hospital and later pronounced dead. The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a homicide.

Witnesses described the shooter as a male who fled the scene before police arrived. Motive and the suspect’s identity remained unclear, and no arrests or public identifications had been reported through December 27, 2024. Alvarez’s family and the community continue to seek answers.

If anyone has information about the shooting or saw activity in the 10500 block of Bandera Road on the evening of February 15, 2023, please contact the San Antonio Police Department or Crime Stoppers.