A 24-year-old man faces five years to life in prison after he was found guilty Thursday in connection with an April 2025 deadly shooting at a north Lubbock bar.
Jurors deliberated for about two hours before returning to the 364th District Court with a verdict finding Victor Yanez guilty of murder in the April 14, 2025 shooting death
of Joshua Rios at the El Santiago bar in the 1800 block of Clovis Road.The verdict follows a trial during which prosecutors presented video evidence that showed Yanez shooting Rios six times from the front passenger window of his girlfriend's vehicle as he stood alone on the sidewalk near the bar's parking lot.
His sentence will be determined by the jury after the punishment phase of the trial.
Gabriel Monte is the
criminal justice reporter for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal in Texas. Have a news tip for him? Email him at gmonte@lubbockonline.com.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Jury returns guilty verdict in deadly Lubbock bar shooting
