Gabriel Dino Mendoza, 23, was shot and killed while working a Sunday night security shift at Fire House Uptown in Minneapolis on October 16, 2022. Police were called around 11:45 p.m.; officers found Mendoza in the back of the business with a life-threatening gunshot wound and he died before medics could reach him. Family members said he had been trying to protect others when he was shot, and described him as a protector with interests in culinary work, music and entrepreneurship.

Minneapolis police opened a homicide investigation and the venue acknowledged the killing. Initial news reports and later coverage reported no arrests or named suspects. Mendoza’s family organized vigils, tied orange ribbons through Saint Paul’s West Side, and established a reward fund that later included a $10,000 reward for tips leading to an arrest and conviction. Memorial pages and family advocacy continue to seek accountability.

Does anyone have information about who was inside the bar that night or saw what happened around closing time?