Abdias Benitez, an 18-year-old male, was found shot inside a red SUV in the 9500 block of South Gessner Road in southwest Houston on the morning of June 17, 2021. Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene; he had suffered a gunshot wound to the right arm. The suspects fled in an unknown direction, and at the time there were no known suspects or motives.

Houston police and Crime Stoppers are seeking the public’s help to identify those responsible and have offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and charging of the suspects. No arrests have been made and the case remains under investigation by the Houston Police Department’s Homicide Division. The family has urged the community to come forward.

If anyone has information about events on June 17, 2021 in the area of South Gessner Road or about the red SUV, can you contact the investigators with what you know?