El Paso man arrested in Rock City Bar & Grill murder
Update (August 7, 2024): Court records show officials issued Minter a bond order. He currently remains in jail on a $500,000 bond.
Update (August 1, 2024): Court records show Minter received an indictment July 24, 2024. He will have another bond hearing on August 6, 2024 at 8:30 AM.
Update (July 21, 2024): Court records show that in Minter's murder case, the court has scheduled an examining trial for July 25, 2024 at 11:00 AM. In that case, as well as in his related firearm charge, court documents show he had an order and motion to substitute counsel. There are no more dates scheduled in either of those two cases.
Minter remains in custody in the Downtown Jail on a $500,000 bond, according to jail records. He had had a bond hearing on July 8, 2024. Court records show his bond reduction was denied.
Update: Court documents reveal that police charged Minter with murder for his alleged role in driving two of his friends after the murder. His two friends are described as having shot the four victims.
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso police just arrested 26-year-old Devonte Lamar Minter in connection with the alleged murder of 37-year-old Mario Daniel Avalos at Rock City Bar & Grill in March.
El Paso Police say that Minter was involved in the shooting of four people: Avalos, 28-year-old Ariel De Asha Brown, 28-year-old Rashad Dantron Allen, and 20-year-old Giuliani Martin. Avalos died of his injuries at the hospital after the shooting, while the other three victims recovered from their injuries.
MURDER ARREST: Devonte Lamar Minter was arrested and charged with murder for his involvement in a deadly shooting at the Rock City Bar & Grill back on March 16. pic.twitter.com/OnplBHf1Ii
— EL PASO POLICE DEPT (@EPPOLICE) July 2, 2024
EPPD's Crimes Against Persons detectives investigated the case. Police have not provided any details on what led them to obtain an arrest warrant for Minter. They worked with the US Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Forces to locate Minter and take him into custody. They booked him into the El Paso County Detention Center on a murder charge. He is being held on a $500,000 bond.
Police said in March that the shooting happened at the Rock City Bar & Grill.
ABC-7 covered the murder when it happened. You can read our initial reporting here.
Avalos' family set up a Gofundme in the wake of the murder.
Avalos' family told ABC-7 in March that he was a father, softball coach, and loving son.
