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Aluxes Mares

Case from Houston, TX dated Aug 21, 2017

Victim Details

Aluxes Mares

October 23, 2022

Female

Other

Houston

TX

2017-08-21

20

Aluxes

Mares

07/25/2026


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Aluxes Mares, a 20-year-old woman from Houston, Texas, was killed on August 20, 2017, during an apparent shootout outside Chula’s Sports Cantina, a popular restaurant in northwest Houston. Aluxes had been celebrating her birthday with friends when an argument that began inside the restaurant spilled into the parking lot. Multiple gunmen opened fire, and Aluxes, along with her friend James Butanda, was struck. Aluxes was transported to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead, while But ...
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