Alexis Jasso, 30, male, was celebrating his birthday with friends at the Alas Locas sports bar outside Cleveland, Texas, when the night fractured into chaos. Shortly after 2:20 a.m. on September 7, 2025, a man who had been at the bar earlier returned and opened fire, first at patrons gathered on the patio and then through the doorway, shattering glass and sending people scrambling for cover.
Deputies arrived to find six people shot; Alexis Jasso, 30, male, was pronounced dead at the scene, and another victim, 43-year-old Fernando Navarrete, would die the next day of his wounds. The Liberty County Sheriff’s Office said the gunman had arrived around midnight, drank beers, paid in cash, left, and came back armed; surveillance images captured him moments before the shooting. A white, windowless work van with a long scratch down its side figured in the escape.
What began as a quiet birthday gathering for Alexis Jasso, 30, male, was transformed into a mass-casualty crime scene as at least twenty shots rang out, striking four other patrons in the hand, shoulder, and leg while two were airlifted in critical condition. The bar sits along County Road 5018, roughly forty-five miles northeast of Houston, and the attack unfolded just after closing time, when friends and regulars lingered on the outdoor patio. In the hours that followed, candles and tributes would name Alexis Jasso, 30, male, as one of the dead, while reporters described the terror inside and outside the sports bar as bullets tore across the doorway.
Investigators quickly identified a suspect: 32-year-old Jose Osman Aguilar Cantillano, who, authorities said, lived near the bar and owned a white full-size construction-style van. A manhunt spread beyond Liberty County, with law enforcement warning he could have fled the region; Spanish-language reports relayed family pleas for justice and tips that the suspect might head toward New Orleans or Atlanta. Days later, the case escalated when Texas authorities added the wanted gunman to a statewide most-wanted list, underscoring the urgency to find him.
Amid the search, deputies released stills from security video showing the shooter inside the bar before the attack, hoping the images would stir new leads. Local and national outlets chronicled the timeline that ended with Alexis Jasso, 30, male, dying on the patio where he had gathered to mark his milestone birthday. As the community mourned, authorities pressed for tips, noting that the suspect remained at large; one station reported that a family member of the suspect had been taken into custody as the manhunt widened, while the primary suspect continued to elude capture.
