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Officials seek suspect who shot 6 people at bar
A shooting in Liberty County over the weekend left two dead and four injured. The sheriff's office is still looking for the suspect.
LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas - The Liberty County Sheriff's Office has identified the suspect wanted for shooting six people, killing two, outside Alas Locas Sports Bar over the weekend.
The shooter has been identified as 32-year-old Jose Osman Aguilar Cantillano.
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FULL: Liberty County bar shooting update
The Liberty County Sheriff's Office provides an update on the search for a suspect accused of shooting two people to death and injuring four others at a bar over the weekend.
What we know:
Authorities say Cantillano lives near the sports bar located on County Road 5018 and has a white full-size construction-style van.
A search warrant was executed on Cantillano's home on Monday, but he was not found at the time.
According to Liberty County police, he could be driving a white full-size van and traveling to the New Orleans area or Atlanta, Georgia.
What you can do:
Anyone with information on Cantillano's whereabouts is asked to call the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office at 936-336-4500, or their local law enforcement agency. Anonymous tips can also be submitted through Crime Stoppers at 800-392-7867.
Cantillano's wife arrested
Investigators and deputies came back to Cantillano's home later the same day and found several people there, including Cantillano's wife, Alejandra Marie Valdez Montoya, 23.
She was arrested for tampering with evidence and taken to the Liberty County Jail.
Liberty County bar shooting: 6 shot at Alas Locas on CR 5018
A man was killed and five other people were injured when someone opened fire at the Alas Locas sports bar on CR 5018 in Liberty County early Sunday morning.
Liberty County bar shooting victims
Two people have been confirmed dead in the shooting outside the Alas Locas Sports Bar on Sunday morning.
Alexis Jasso, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Monday, 43-year-old Fernando Navarette was pronounced dead after having to be taken to a nearby hospital on Life Flight.
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The other victims include:
- Sandra Patricia Valiz Adrian, 42, was shot in her right hand
- Aldegundo Alvarez Trujillo, 40, was shot in his left hand
- Jose Rafael Sanchez, 34, was shot in his shoulder
- Gonzalez, 35, was shot in his leg
All four victims have been treated and released from the hospital.
What happened at Alas Locas Sports Bar?
The backstory:
Liberty County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting around 2:27 a.m. Sunday at the Alas Locas on County Road 5018.
Six people who were outside on the patio were struck by the gunfire. Jasso died at the scene.
Four other men and a woman were injured and taken to the hospital. Two of them were airlifted in critical condition. Three were taken by ambulance, and their injuries are reportedly not life-threatening.
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The sheriff’s office says the suspect, Cantillano, had been at the bar earlier in the night for about an hour and a half. Authorities say he left for a bit, came back after the bar had already closed and then began shooting outside.
It appeared to officials at least 20 shots were fired from two different guns. Some of the bullets went through the glass front doors, but no one inside was shot.
Everyone who was wounded was outside of the bar.
The Source: Information from this article was gathered from the Liberty County Sheriff's Office and previous FOX 26 reports.