On August 4, 2019, Jose Armas, a 33-year-old Hispanic man from Houston, was shot and killed during a road rage altercation in a business parking lot at 6742 Hillcroft Avenue. The shooting happened at about 3:05 p.m. Witnesses said Armas and another driver exchanged words before the other man produced a gun and shot Armas.

Police described the shooter as a Hispanic male in his 20s with a short haircut; he left the scene in a red mini-van. Investigators later identified the suspect as John Melendez and filed a murder charge in the 262nd State District Court on September 5, 2019. Melendez, described as a 30-year-old Hispanic male, was reported at large when charges were announced. Officers M. Barrow and E. Martinez of the Houston Police Department Homicide Division handled the case.

If anyone saw the incident, the red mini-van afterward, or has information on Melendez’s whereabouts, please share what is known.