Seventeen-year-old Irwan Jalid Paez was shot and killed on February 27, 2025, around 3:10 PM outside the McDonald’s at 185 West Road in Houston. Tensions began the day before during a soccer game, when one group of juveniles reportedly displayed a weapon to another; those tensions carried over into school conflicts. While Paez was eating with friends, an older model red Dodge Ram 1500 entered the drive-thru after having picked up the suspected shooter at a nearby grocery store. When Paez approached the vehicle a verbal altercation began, a passenger in the truck fired, and the truck then fled the scene, running over Paez. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Police later located the red Dodge Ram near Laura Koppe Road and detained multiple individuals. By March 7, 2025, two men — Jose De Jimenez Reyes, 19, and Jesus Agular, 23 — had been arrested and charged with felony tampering with evidence for allegedly disposing of the truck, removing items, and attempting to conceal the front license plate. Court documents name an unnamed minor, described as Agular’s nephew, as a suspect in the shooting; the matter has been referred to a Harris County grand jury. The family says Paez had no known conflicts and was deeply caring toward friends and family, and a GoFundMe was set up to help with funeral expenses.

Did anyone who knew Irwan or saw the truck in the area that afternoon notice anything that could help investigators?