Peter Valentin Moreno-Deschamps, a 33-year-old Hispanic man, was shot and killed in Houston on June 3, 2022. Officers responded about 12:40 a.m. to a shooting at 9700 Beechnut Street and found Moreno-Deschamps with a gunshot wound in a grassy area near the strip center parking lot. He was taken to a nearby hospital by Houston Fire Department paramedics and was pronounced dead on arrival.

Houston police identified 20-year-old Avanta Donnell Bailey as a suspect; Bailey was arrested on June 21, 2022, and charged with murder in the 184th State District Court. Detectives J. Nguyen and W. Huff say the investigation shows Bailey was involved, but police also report a second, unidentified suspect remains at large. Motive has not been disclosed and the investigation is ongoing.

If anyone has information about the second suspect or the events that night, contact the HPD Homicide Division or Crime Stoppers.