Brendan David Hawkins, a 19-year-old from Dickinson, Texas, was found with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of a community pool on May 7, 2022. Two separate calls reporting shots fired came into the Dickinson Police Department around the time he was discovered. Emergency responders provided immediate medical attention, but Brendan was pronounced dead at the scene.

An investigation followed. On August 25, 2022, Angel Velasquez Pineda and Hector Gonzalez Vega were arrested and charged with Brendan’s murder; both were held on $150,000 bond. Brendan’s family has been public about pursuing justice and set up a GoFundMe to help with funeral and related expenses, and the community has rallied around them.

What information do readers in the Dickinson area have that could help clarify what happened that night?