Jorge Leo Jaimes was 18 when he was shot and killed on June 15, 2022, in Houston. He and a friend, Julian Becerra, were meeting two other men in the parking lot of a shopping center at 12931 Nyack Drive in southeast Houston when a third man approached and attempted to rob them, producing a gun. Jorge tried to drive away but was struck by gunfire and later died at HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland.

The Houston Police Department’s investigation led to arrests: Johnathan Rashon Carter, 18, and Damon W. Steber, 20, were charged with capital murder, and a third man, Javier Raul Contreras, 20, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Reports say Becerra returned fire and hit one of the suspects; investigators describe Carter and Steber as involved in the robbery and shooting while Contreras’ precise role is not fully clear.

Jorge was the son of Leobardo Aviles and Anna Vanessa Jaimes and had seven siblings. A visitation was held June 20, 2022, at South Houston Funeral Home, with burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Does anyone who was in the area that night or who knew Jorge have information that could help clarify what happened?