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Garcia described that customer as a regular who comes to the restaurant twice a week with his wife.

#ZONA CALIENTE SPORTS BAR LICENSE#

Jones, they say, then started firing his gun in different directions.Īn unnamed customer with a concealed handgun license then took out his gun and shot at Jones several times, killing him, said Cook. Management says there were about 40 people inside the restaurant at the time of the shooting. Perez reportedly walked to the bar and tried to calm Jones, but that's when Jones took out a gun and shot Perez dead. If the investigation finds that Jones did say these things, it could turn into a hate crime. Police have heard this as well, but cannot say for certain if that is the case. Witnesses and managers tell NBC 5 he was asking for members of the Mexican drug cartel. Jones reportedly walked to the bar area and started yelling incoherently at people.

Christopher Cook said 48-year-old James Jones, of Grand Prairie, walked into Zona Caliente at about 6:15 p.m. "He came in to do some harm."Īrlington Police Lt.

"I mean, you hear about these things happening all the time and it's tragic, but you never think it would happen in one of your workplaces or a restaurant," said Zona Caliente manager, Lucia Garcia. They brought flowers, lit candles and wore white in remembrance of Perez. The large crowd gathered for a vigil in the parking lot and sidewalk outside Zona Caliente Sports Bar on South Cooper Street. The manager was identified as 37-year-old Cesar Perez, of Duncanville. People attending a vigil Thursday evening in Arlington are remembering the sports bar manager who was fatally shot by a man who was then shot and killed by an armed customer.