Shortly before dawn on April 29, 2022, gunfire was reported inside an apartment complex on West LaGrange Street in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Police arriving about 12:45 a.m. found two men from Houston dead from multiple gunshot wounds. One victim was 36-year-old Pedro Oswaldo Duarte Rangel; the other was 32-year-old Able Garcia Jr. Both had been living in Lake Charles about six months prior to the shooting.

Detectives reviewed hours of surveillance video and witness statements and concluded the killings were not random. Investigators say the victims knew the assailants from Houston and that the motive was a dispute over drugs. Evidence pointed to a planned, targeted attack carried out by suspects who traveled from Houston to Lake Charles and returned to Houston afterward.

Three suspects were identified as Miguel Angel Perez Cervantes, 33; Pedro Ramiro Reyes Valdez, 24; and Juan Antonio Vasquez Flores, 53. Law enforcement agencies in Texas later arrested all three. Does anyone have information about Rangel, Garcia, or their time in Lake Charles that could help clarify what happened?