On August 12, 2021, 30-year-old Lawrence Anzures was fatally shot during an altercation at the Ojos Locos Sports Bar and Grill in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Two other people were wounded in the same incident. Police identified 22-year-old Javier Vargas Vazquez as the primary suspect; an arrest warrant was issued charging him with Anzures’s murder and with the shootings that injured the two others. The Albuquerque Police Department and Crime Stoppers asked the public for tips and information to locate Vargas Vazquez, including anonymous submissions via a phone line and online system.

Family described Lawrence as outgoing, friendly and widely known around the city, someone who could turn a stranger’s bad day into a good one and who was respected by his parents and brothers.