Jose Canales, a 57-year-old Hispanic truck driver, was shot and killed on February 11, 2022, in Houston while sweeping a parking lot in the 19500 block of Tomball Parkway. He had just cashed a $70 check and was picking up debris when two men in a silver SUV confronted him. Canales was shot once; the bullet passed through his arm and into his chest. His phone was taken by the assailants, and a witness found him dead hours later.

Investigators say surveillance video and cellphone records linked 22-year-old Ethan Caleb Thomas to the crime. Thomas and an unidentified accomplice allegedly followed Canales from the check-cashing store to the lot. Prosecutors have said the motive was robbery. Thomas was charged with capital murder and later pleaded guilty to murder; the plea included a life sentence with parole eligibility after 30 years and a waiver of appeal. The Sheriff’s Office is still seeking the second suspect.

If anyone saw activity near the Tomball Parkway lot that night or knew Canales’s movements after he left the check-cashing store, please come forward with information.