On May 10, 2017, 20-year-old Jose Avidan Martinez, a Hispanic man from Pflugerville, Texas, was fatally shot in the parking lot of the 1825 Place Apartments. He had been starting a new construction job that morning and was taken to St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Investigators linked the shooting to a robbery at a nearby 7-Eleven earlier that morning. Eighteen-year-old Robert Joseph Uribe was identified as a suspect and arrested on May 13, 2017, on a burglary warrant; prosecutors charged him with Martinez’s murder and he was held in the Williamson County Jail on a $1 million bond. Two others arrested in connection with the 7-Eleven robbery were Anthony Rheinholtz, charged with aggravated robbery, and M’Kenzie Allen Marzett, who faced charges related to the robbery. Witnesses said Uribe and Martinez had met the morning of the shooting.

The Pflugerville Police Department, Round Rock Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division worked together on the investigation, and Martinez’s family has asked the public for information. If anyone knew Jose, saw activity around 1825 Place Apartments that morning, or has information about the robbery, please come forward.