The Edgar 'killer': Texas cops hunt gunman with controversial haircut suspected in death of Sonic worker over food order

A man wanted for murder in Texas in the shooting death of a Sonic employee is sporting the controversial 'Edgar' hair cut that has already been the subject of outrage across the state.

San Antonio police released the photos of two people wanted for the July 7 slaying of a Sonic manager - who was gunned down over an argument with two customers over an order.

One of the suspects is a young Hispanic man with an 'Edgar' haircut. 

The bowl-shaped style - which has been compared to a modern Moe of Three Stooges and Spock of Star Trek look - is typically favored by Mexican-American young men who are known as 'Edgars'. 

Some Texas businesses tried to ban the haircut out of fear for customers. 

A man with an 'Edgar' haircut has been identified as a suspect in the San Antonio murder of a Sonic manager. Police are asking for the public's helping in tracking him and a second suspect down

The victim has been identified as 33-year-old Daniel Shrewsbury, a Sonic manager

Police are asking for help finding the two Sonic shooting suspects who have been on the run since Sunday's shooting. 

The duo went to the fast-food restaurant and got into an argument with the manager over money in the drive thru, according to local station KSAT. 

Images taken from the surveillance video inside the suspect show a barefoot, black woman inside the restaurant, and a Hispanic man wearing a black and with the infamous bowl hair style.

One of them pulled a gun on the manager, identified as 33-year-old Daniel Shrewsbury, he died inside the eatery.

'It’s the haircut and being barefoot for me...' commented one man on the police posting.

San Antonio police responded to the shooting at Sonic on July 7 that left the store manager dead

San Antonio has previously had a contentious debate surrounding 'Edgars.' 

In April, two gunmen rattled the city of San Antonio after opening fire at a popular festival and shooting five innocent bystanders, according to local authorities. 

One of the suspects Mikey Valdez, 18, an 'Edgar', had just been let out of jail on unrelated car burglary charges and was killed alongside his accomplice by police who rushed in to protect the public. 

Valdez and a second shooter 'had some sort of beef and decided to take it to Market Square, among all those people,' Police Chief William McManus stated after the shooting.

Following the melee, local restaurateur Ricky Ortiz posted a meme with a 'no Edgars' sign on social media, suggesting he did not want anyone with this haircut in his popular restaurants El Camino, Besame, Ay Que Chula and Perfect Tender.

Mikey Valdez, 18, has been identified as one of two shooters at a deadly shooting at Fiesta in San Antonio in April. Valdez was shot and killed by police who responded to the gun battle between Valdez and another man

In a now deleted Instagram post, a San Antonio restaurant called for a ban on 'Edgars'

Ricky Ortiz, the owner of El Camino and several other dining establishments, later said he was only joking about not allowing Edgars into his business

'Fiesta commission needs to fence the whole thing off, charge a cover, and have a no Edgar policy,' Ortiz said of the organizers of the event Valdez targeted.

'A good chunk of the people in this city are absolute [trash can emoji]. Make it unaffordable for them to even attend.'

But Ortiz's comments received pushback from some in the majority Hispanic community, with some San Antonio residents accusing him of being a racist.

'Imagine discriminating [against] your customers,' Instagram user @allsold0ut wrote, according to San Antonio Current.

'Lol, you live in "Edgar" city. This is a new form of racism.'

But Ortiz, a first-generation American of Mexican parents, defended his comments.

'People accusing me of racism are speaking from a place of ignorance,' he told the local publication.

Several young men with 'Edgar' haircuts are suspects in a capital murder case in San Antonio, Texas for a May 2022 murder, according to local station KENS 5

El Paso restaurant Steakpedo's joked about preventing future Edgars through the power of tipping 

'They don't want to acknowledge or admit that the majority of the kids that are getting these haircuts want to be in a culture influenced by gang affiliation and things like that.'

He is not alone, with the anti-Edgar movement spreading to other cities as well.

In El Paso, students led an effort to get the style banned from Riverside High School in 2021.

Despite gathering dozens of signatures, a ban was not forthcoming - but the initiative triggered a widespread debate about the new fad.

'Especially in El Paso, we've had a lot of crimes that were committed by people who just happened to have this same hair cut, said the administrator of El Paso's most popular Instagram account, @therealfitfamElPaso, who asked to remain anonymous.

'Where we are now, we just kind of correlate these guys to be bad dudes, even though there's plenty of good dudes with the same cut.'