On February 21, 2019, 18-year-old Josue Aguilar and his 20-year-old brother Maximo Aguilar were ambushed and fatally shot in East Houston around 4:45 p.m. The attack occurred in the 12800 block of Eastbrook, near Strickland Park, where the shooter had positioned himself on the roof of an abandoned home. Surveillance video showed people fleeing after the shooting.

The ambush reportedly stemmed from a feud between two groups. Josue and Maximo had gone to the location with their 25-year-old brother Julio and Josue’s 18-year-old girlfriend to settle a score from a previous fight; Julio was critically injured and taken to hospital, and the girlfriend suffered a gunshot wound to the knee and survived. Investigators say the attacker used a high-powered rifle from the roof.

An 18-year-old named Marlon Valdez was arrested nearby and charged with capital murder; prosecutors said he lured Josue to the site by text and Snapchat and fired from a rooftop with an AR-15. The victims’ mother, Elva Aguilar, described her sons as loving and denied gang affiliation despite tattoos.

Did anyone in the area remember activity at that block around late February 2019 or have information about the confrontation that led to the ambush?