Family and friends remember Roy “RoRo” Alderete after he was trapped under a vehicle and killed in a shooting

SAN ANTONIO – Family and friends honor the life of one of those killed on the night of June 18, 2024.

The Bexar County Coroner’s Office on Friday released the names of the three people killed in a shooting that ended in a car crash on the West Side.

Ariel Martinez, 27, was a passenger in the car that was shot. Jonathan David Medrano, 31, was the driver of the car. Police said he was taken to an area hospital where he later died. Medrano also died of gunshot wounds, the medical examiner’s office said.

Roy Alderete, 37, was pinned under the vehicle and later died at the scene, police said. The medical examiner’s office said Alderete died of blunt force trauma.

Alderete’s family and friends honored him at the scene of the incident on Sunday.

His brother, John Alderete, said many people knew Roy as “RoRo.”

Roro was John’s last living brother.

“It shouldn’t have come to this,” said John. “I was truly heartbroken.”

San Antonio police are still searching for a suspect.

John told KSAT that RoRo chose to live on the streets with his friends in this community after his mother and grandfather died of illnesses in their family home several years ago.

John said they never worried too much about RoRo because everyone knew him.

“I remember my brother being somewhere, acting silly or just joking around,” John said. “I will always remember my brother.”

RoRo’s memory was never forgotten as dozens of family and friends gathered to pay their respects, pray for him and release balloons for him.

“If this is a way to bring people together, then at least I can say that his death was not in vain,” John said.