Christopher Paul Fuentes, a 43-year-old man described by his family as devout and the “cool guy of the family,” was someone who saw the good in others and could light up a room. His cousin said he had a deep love for his family, and his daughter would later call him a hero for his actions on the night he was killed.
On the evening of November 8, 2024, Christopher was out with his daughter and her boyfriend, Franco Xavier Summers, in San Antonio, Texas. The group went to a bar, where an argument broke out between Christopher and Summers, reportedly over a bar tab. Summers became irate and told Christopher and his daughter that he had a gun. Christopher and his daughter left the bar on foot and walked to a nearby Taco Palenque restaurant on Blanco Road.
Just after midnight on November 9, Summers followed them to the restaurant in his vehicle. Surveillance footage captured the moments that followed. Summers pulled up alongside Christopher and his daughter as they walked through the parking lot. Christopher approached the driver's side of the car and appeared to exchange words with Summers before reaching through the open window to grab Summers’s arm. After a brief struggle, Christopher looked back at his daughter and motioned for her to run. At that moment, Summers fired a gun multiple times from inside the car, striking Christopher. Christopher staggered a few steps before collapsing. He was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds. His daughter was able to flee and find safety inside the restaurant.
Summers sped away from the scene, but he was identified by witnesses, including Christopher’s daughter. San Antonio police tracked him to an apartment complex and arrested him the following day. He was charged with murder.
Investigators and Christopher’s family noted Summers’s extensive criminal history. In 2013, he had been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Roger Rodriguez Jr., but the charge was dismissed after Summers claimed self-defense. In 2019, he was involved in a hostage standoff with police and later served two years in prison. Christopher’s family had been wary of Summers’s relationship with his daughter and expressed frustration that he had been free to harm another family.
As his trial was scheduled to begin, Franco Xavier Summers accepted a plea agreement. In July 2026, he pleaded guilty to murder in Bexar County's 226th District Court. A visiting judge accepted the plea, and Summers was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
