Pauncho Esparza, a 65-year-old Hispanic man from Alvin, Texas, was fatally shot on May 23, 2017, in front of his home in the 3300 block of West FM 517 between the Dickinson and Alvin city limits. The shooting occurred when Esparza’s nephew approached an unknown Hispanic man walking on the property and was fired on by the passenger of a black and tan truck; the vehicle then sped away, leaving Esparza mortally wounded.

Investigators identified multiple suspects. Santos Botello and brothers Jose and Jaime Posada were taken into custody and questioned; a fourth man, Jose Ybarra Leyva, was implicated as an instigator. Court documents say Leyva, who had been acting as a spiritual counselor to Esparza’s son after the son was stabbed, allegedly pressured the son to take part in bizarre rituals and warned that harm would come to the family for noncompliance. Leyva is reported to have had extensive contact with Botello before the killing, and phone records tied Leyva to the other suspects. The Posada brothers reportedly believed they were committing a robbery, while Botello admitted firing multiple shots as Esparza approached the truck.

What details do readers recall about the neighborhood that day or about anyone seen in a black and tan truck near West FM 517?