KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The second of two men responsible for the October 2019 shooting deaths of four people in a Kansas City, Kansas, bar was found guilty of multiple charges Wednesday in Wyandotte County District Court.
A Wyandotte County judge found Hugo Villanueva-Morales guilty of capital murder, attempted first-degree murder, five counts of aggravated battery, and criminal possession of a firearm after a bench trial.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 1 in Wyandotte County District Court.
The mass murder happened at about 1:30 a.m. in the Tequila KC Bar, 1013 Central Ave.
About 40 people were inside the bar when the shooting began.
The four victims killed by gunfire were Alfredo Calderon, 29, Everardo Meza-Aguirre, 29, Francisco Anaya-Garcia, 34, and Martin Rodriguez-Gonzalez, 58.
KCK police said detectives at the time said they did not think the shootings were random.
The other killer, Javier Alatorre, pleaded guilty in December 2023 to four counts of second-degree murder in Wyandotte County District Court.
He was sentenced to 34 years in prison.
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