Angel Baltazar Gonzalez was 19 and from Edinburg, Texas. He died from a gunshot during an incident tied to a staged drug transaction on Esperanza Street on the night of March 23, 2020. Gonzalez had graduated Edinburg High School with the Class of 2019.

When they arrived, two men identified as Ryan Jet Rodriguez and Tanner Charles Dickerson-Rodriguez confronted them, brandishing a handgun and a rifle. As Gonzalez and the juvenile tried to flee, Gonzalez was shot and killed; the juvenile survived and later provided information to investigators.

Both Rodriguez and Dickerson-Rodriguez were arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder and held on $1 million bonds. Dickerson-Rodriguez also faced an aggravated assault on a family member charge from a separate incident, and his defense signaled a claim of self-defense; Rodriguez sought a bond reduction.

If anyone knew Angel, his routines, or saw activity on Esperanza Street the night of March 23, 2020, please share what was seen.