Baldemar Flores, 31, was shot and killed on February 5, 2021, in the parking lot of a motel at 10801 East Freeway (Interstate 10 East service road) in Houston. Police were called about 9:50 p.m.; officers found Flores unresponsive with at least one gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Early investigative accounts said there were no known witnesses and no identified suspects immediately after the killing.

Later reporting says a vehicle pulled up near Flores while he was outside the motel and gunfire was directed at him from the vehicle; the vehicle fled and Flores was left in the parking lot. The Houston Police Department Homicide Division led the investigation and identified two suspects, Josie Torres and Israel Perez, accused of participating in the killing. Torres was arrested August 16, 2021, and charged with murder. Perez was charged September 2, 2022, and arrested in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, on October 4, 2022, pending extradition to Houston.

Does anyone who knew Flores or saw activity at that motel on February 5, 2021, have information to share?