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The FBI is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Samuel Ramirez Jr., the suspect in the brutal May 21, 2023, double homicide outside Stars Bar and Grill in Federal Way. This is the kind of hard-dollar incentive law enforcement needs when dangerous criminals slip through the cracks and vanish into the shadows. The bureau’s wanted poster makes clear authorities consider Ramirez armed and dangerous, and they are asking the public to step up with tips.
That night two hardworking women, 37-year-old Katie Duhnke and 38-year-old Jessyca Hohn, were killed while doing their jobs, and another customer was left badly injured in the chaos. Autopsy reports showed fatal gunshot wounds, and surveillance and receipts tie the suspect to the scene, painting a chilling picture of violence aimed at innocent people. These victims were neighbors and colleagues, not faceless statistics, and their families deserve answers and justice.
According to charging documents, the carnage began after a dispute where a patron tried to intervene and briefly restrained Ramirez before he allegedly produced a handgun and executed both women. This was not some spontaneous street scuffle — it was a deadly escalation that ended with two lives senselessly taken and a community left to mourn. The evidence described by investigators — witness statements, security footage, and transaction records — is damning and should send a message that violent acts will be pursued relentlessly.
Instead of facing justice, Ramirez fled the state and, according to the FBI, his parents reportedly drove him into Tijuana, Mexico, on May 23, 2023, giving him a head start to disappear beyond the reach of American law enforcement. A federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution was later issued, and the case exposes the blunt reality that porous borders and failures of accountability enable suspects to vanish into foreign havens. If those allegations about his parents are true, there must be consequences for anyone who helps a murder suspect flee the country.
The FBI’s description of Ramirez — a 6-foot, 200-pound man with distinctive tattoos, including a lion on his right wrist and forearm — comes with a warning: do not approach him. This is a dangerous individual, and patriotic citizens should cooperate with law enforcement rather than take vigilante action. The $25,000 reward is an opportunity for someone with crucial information to do the right thing and help bring these killers to justice.
Local patrons and friends have held memorials and a celebration of life for Duhnke and Hohn, packing the bar they once worked in to honor their memory and demand answers. Communities like Federal Way are left to pick up the pieces while prosecutors and federal agents work through jurisdictional hurdles, extradition questions, and the slow grind of coordinated law enforcement. Americans who value order and safety should stand with the victims’ families and support every lawful effort to see justice done.
This case is a stark reminder that tough, uncompromising law-and-order policies matter; when criminals can slip across state lines and international borders with relative ease, everyday citizens pay with their safety. We need tighter cooperation with border partners, stronger penalties for anyone who facilitates a fugitive’s escape, and relentless pursuit of suspects until they are behind bars. Until then, the families of Katie and Jessyca, and communities across America, will be left demanding the simple thing every patriot wants: justice served.
