Elvi Vanessa Cervantes-De La Torre, 38, was fatally shot on February 17, 2020, in the parking lot of the Canyon Trail Apartments on Grand Canyon Drive in Austin, Texas. The shooting happened about 11 p.m. while a group of roughly eight to ten Hispanic men were drinking in the lot. An altercation between two of the men and Cervantes-De La Torre escalated when one man left and returned with a handgun, firing multiple shots into Cervantes-De La Torre’s SUV.

A male companion who was with Cervantes-De La Torre in the vehicle was struck in the leg and survived; he was taken to a hospital. Witnesses say the suspects fled in a maroon pick-up truck and a black sedan. The Austin Police Department issued a warrant charging 42-year-old Pedro Fuentes Espinoza with first-degree felony murder after an eyewitness identified him as the shooter; he was known to be an acquaintance of Cervantes-De La Torre. Investigators say the confrontation began after Espinoza became agitated when a black truck parked nearby started playing music.

The case remains under investigation and detectives are seeking additional information and tips. Did anyone in the Canyon Trail Apartments area that night see the trucks or those involved?