Gabriel Palacios, a 38-year-old Hispanic man born April 29, 1984 in Pharr, Texas, was fatally shot on the evening of June 1, 2022 in Houston. Lopez is reported to have taken items from Palacios before fleeing on foot southbound along the sidewalk.

Houston Police Department Homicide detectives led by Sergeant M. Holbrook and Detective D. Crowder investigated and identified Max Lopez as a suspect. Lopez was arrested on June 6, 2022 at a motel near the shooting location and was charged with murder in the 178th State District Court. Gabriel’s family — his parents Manuel Zavala and Alejandra Zavala — continue to mourn his loss.

Are there witnesses or local residents who remember seeing someone running along that stretch of the North Freeway service road on the evening of June 1, 2022?