On the evening of July 10, 2023, 55-year-old Robert Wise was shot and killed as he walked to his pickup after attending the McAllen Masonic Lodge’s annual officer installation ceremony in McAllen, Texas. Surveillance showed the shooter arriving in a black Chevrolet Blazer; the video was reportedly uploaded to the shooter’s Instagram account.

A friend of Diaz who received messages about the incident contacted the McAllen Police Department and provided screenshots, leading to Diaz’s arrest on July 11. A Hidalgo County grand jury indicted Diaz for murder on September 13, 2023; he has remained in the county jail on a $1 million bond. Investigators say Diaz had been targeting Freemasons for months, posting threats online and allegedly attempting arson at Masonic lodges in McAllen and Weslaco prior to the killing.

Does anyone have information about threats to the McAllen lodge or about activity around those lodges in the months before July 2023?