On the evening of Christmas Eve, December 24, 2022, Avelino Rivera, a 45-year-old Hispanic man, was found shot to death inside a residence at the Red Fox Run Trailer Park in Warner Robins, Georgia. Deputies arrived around 11:30 p.m. to a report of an unresponsive person and discovered two victims in the home: Rivera and his friend, 34-year-old Miguel Angel Ochoa Montes. Both deaths were ruled homicides and autopsies confirmed fatal gunshot injuries.

Investigators recovered an undisclosed amount of drugs at the scene and say a handgun is believed to be the weapon used, though it has not been recovered; other firearms found in the residence are not thought to be connected to the killings. The Houston County Sheriff’s Office has opened an active homicide investigation; no suspects or arrests have been announced.

If anyone has information about Rivera, Montes, or the events at Red Fox Run on December 24, contact the Houston County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division at 542-2085.