EPPD requests video footage of murder, filming incident outside of Cincinnati District bar

Posted: Feb 18, 2021 / 11:34 AM MST
/. Updated: February 18, 2021 / 11:32 PM MST

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The Crimes Against Individuals division of the El Paso Police Department is seeking help investigating a murder outside a local bar earlier this month.

Detectives believe there may be individuals who recorded video footage of a shooting or the events that took place in the bar prior to the February 8th shooting outside the Chino Chido bar in the Cincinnati Entertainment District.

Anyone with a video or information is asked to call Crimes Against Persons at (915) 212-4040 or Crime Stoppers of El Paso (915) 566-8477.

According to the EPPD, 26-year-old Darion Marquez Williams was the victim of the shootout. He was taken to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

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In the early hours of February 9, officers were dispatched to a shooting in the 2,800 block of N. Stanton. An investigation found that a fight had broken out in the Chino Chido bar and bouncers had removed those involved from the bar.

As the guests left, when the bar was closing, a fight broke out in the street and the victim was shot dead.

On February 11, police announced they had arrested 23-year-old Marcus Lamar Hill in connection with the murder.

Arrested for murder in the Cincinnati District

Hill was arrested near his home after a traffic obstruction. He was admitted to the El Paso County Detention Center on February 11 on a $ 750,000 loan.