Quoc Hieu Jake Nguyen was 28 and a Marine Corps veteran working as a rideshare driver when he was found shot to death late on September 4, 2025, along the 13700 block of Lakewood Forest Drive in northwest Harris County near Houston. Deputies first responded to a possible hit-and-run around 11 p.m., then determined he had been killed by gunfire and pronounced him dead at the scene. Detectives found vehicle tracks from an apartment complex that suggested his body was moved or left on the roadside.

Nguyen’s car and personal belongings were missing, and investigators treated the case as a robbery-homicide connected to a fare he completed downtown earlier that night. Family members said he had been supporting loved ones while transitioning from military service and driving to make ends meet. By mid-October three teenage boys had been taken into custody; a 15-year-old was charged with capital murder and two others, ages 14 and 13, were charged with tampering with evidence. Loved ones memorialized him in obituary notices and a fundraiser.

Did anyone who knew Jake or who was in that area on the night of September 4 have information to share?