Alondra Ceja-Navarro, a 22-year-old woman who had just moved to the United States from Mexico hours earlier, was fatally shot in the head on September 5, 2022, in the Griffing Park neighborhood of Port Arthur, Texas. The preliminary autopsy confirmed a penetrating gunshot wound to the head. Witnesses reported a white SUV driving by the scene and a single gunshot as the vehicle passed.

Investigators identified Alejo Mendoza-Chavez as the primary suspect and the Port Arthur Police Department issued a murder warrant charging him. Mendoza-Chavez is reported to be at large. Alondra’s family provided security camera footage and other information to investigators and have expressed frustration with the pace of the investigation; they described her as fun-loving and kind-hearted and want answers and closure.

Anyone with information about the shooting, the white SUV, or the whereabouts of Alejo Mendoza-Chavez is asked to come forward.