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On June 11, 2017, 27-year-old Benito Estevan Bueno of South Bend, Indiana, was killed after a dispute that began inside Bar Louie at the University Park Mall in Mishawaka moved into the parking lot. Mishawaka police were called about 2:40 a.m. for a large fight and found Bueno with at least one gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy confirmed he died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.

Early in the investigation authorities charged Miguel Rosales with murder after witnesses said Rosales and Bueno argued inside the bar and the fight continued outside. That charge was later dismissed; Rosales pleaded guilty to battery with a deadly weapon and criminal recklessness, admitting he struck Bueno with a bottle but not that he fired the fatal shots. Witness testimony later implicated 40-year-old Oscar Orozco of Chicago, with accounts saying Bueno and another person struggled over a gun during the melee and Orozco stepped in and fired. Orozco was arrested in Chicago in March 2018, charged in February 2019, convicted at a September 2019 trial and sentenced in October 2019 to a total of 50 years, including a five-year firearm enhancement.

Did anyone who knew Benito or who was at the bar that night see details that could clarify how the confrontation began?