Juan Ricardo Muñoz, a 19-year-old Hispanic man from Laredo, Texas, was fatally shot on August 17, 2018. He was found in a small apartment unit on North Stone Avenue in the Chacon neighborhood with a single gunshot wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene. The killing was recorded as the city’s sixth homicide that year.

Laredo police identified 17-year-old Moises Robles as the suspect; Robles was known to Muñoz. Robles was charged with murder, a first-degree felony, and held on a $200,000 bond at the Webb County Jail. The motive for the shooting remained unclear.

The case drew attention in Laredo amid concerns about youth violence and gang activity. If anyone knew Juan, his movements that day, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.