Madeline May Pendon was 17 when she was fatally shot on April 20, 2020, while seated in the front passenger seat of an SUV in the 8100 block of Broadway Street in San Antonio. The shooting occurred about 7:40 p.m.; she screamed that she had been shot and the vehicle pulled over behind a business at Ridgecrest Drive and Broadway. Officers found her lying on her abdomen with a gunshot wound to the torso. She was taken to University Hospital and died about an hour later. The Bexar County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Madeline, known as Maddie, was born August 12, 2002, to Dr. Joseph David Pendon and Dr. Rebecca May Wilson and attended St. Luke’s Episcopal School and Alamo Heights High School. Court documents identify 20-year-old Eleazar Jacob Flores as the person charged in the case; he was sitting directly behind Madeline when the gun went off and was later charged with manslaughter and possession of a controlled substance.

Investigators found no evidence a shot came from outside the vehicle, indicating the shot originated inside the SUV. The investigation remains ongoing. If anyone has information about the moments inside that vehicle or the events leading up to the shooting, please come forward.