Oscar Flores-Ruiz was an 18-year-old Hispanic male who died after being shot on January 26, 2019, off Mangum Road in West Livingston, Texas. He suffered a single gunshot wound to the head and was taken to Chi St Luke’s Hospital before being airlifted to Herman Memorial Hospital in Houston, where he died the next day. An autopsy by the Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office listed the gunshot wound as the cause of death.

Sheriff Kenneth Hammack said deputies and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers responded to the scene. Detectives interviewed multiple witnesses, recovered evidence, and processed the area.

If anyone has information about what happened on Mangum Road that night, please contact the investigating agency.