In the early morning hours of Sunday, July 5, 2020, following the Fourth of July holiday, a dispute in a Norcross, Georgia, parking lot tragically cut short the life of 35-year-old Alejandro J. Ramirez. The male victim, an Alpharetta resident, was found with apparent gunshot wounds by Norcross Police officers who were responding to a 911 call about shots fired at the Fusion Event Hall on Brook Hollow Parkway at approximately 5 a.m. Ramirez was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to lead the murder investigation. Their investigation revealed that the shooting stemmed from a dispute between Ramirez and another man, identified as 22-year-old Billy Galvez of Atlanta.
According to the GBI, after the altercation, Galvez retrieved a firearm from a vehicle, drove through the parking lot to where Ramirez was located, and shot him before fleeing the scene.
After a multi-jurisdictional manhunt, Billy Galvez was arrested on December 1, 2020. He was taken into custody in a park in Forsyth County after a brief foot chase. At the time of his arrest, Galvez was with Jennifer “Jenni” Rodriguez-Cardona, who was also arrested and later charged with Hindering the Apprehension or Punishment of a Criminal. Galvez was charged with Malice Murder and Aggravated Assault for his role in Ramirez's death and was booked into the Gwinnett County Jail.
The legal process that followed saw Billy Milton Galvez face a Gwinnett County jury. He was ultimately found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony for the shooting death of Alejandro Ramirez. An appeal of his conviction was later denied.
