Juan Vasquez Jr., 45, was shot and killed on August 9, 2022, at a rural property south of Albert Lea, Minnesota, at 75463 160th Street. The shooting followed a running dispute with 32-year-old Ben Vidal Moreno that reportedly involved accusations of stolen methamphetamine and weeks of threats. Earlier that day Vasquez allegedly fired two shots at Moreno and left with a companion; after a return to the property in an SUV, Moreno fired a 12-gauge shotgun into the vehicle, damaging it and flattening the tires.

After the SUV was disabled, Vasquez walked down the driveway toward the house; Moreno, having emptied the shotgun and then taken a rifle, fired a fatal shot that struck Vasquez in the chest. Moreno fled the scene in a white 2004 Ford F-150; he was taken into custody more than a day later near Forest City, Iowa. Recordings from the Freeborn County jail were reported to contain phone calls in which Moreno implicated himself in the incident.

Does anyone have information about Vasquez’s movements that day or the property where this happened?