Franklin Portillo, a 35-year-old Hispanic father of two, was shot and killed on August 14, 2025, during a child-custody exchange outside a house in northwest Harris County near Houston. Relatives and local reports named his father-in-law, Rafael Rodriguez, as the gunman; the confrontation occurred in the 11000 block of Tanglehead Court, a neighborhood off Antoine Drive near the North Sam Houston Parkway. Two small children were present in the moments before the shooting, and family members said the children’s mother had died about two years earlier, leaving Portillo as their surviving parent.

The shooting drew a large law-enforcement response from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office and the Precinct 4 Constable’s Office. Deputies arrived as Rodriguez—described by officials as an armed suspect—was shot by a Precinct 4 deputy; both Portillo and Rodriguez died of their wounds. Homicide detectives processed the scene, collected shell casings and security-camera footage, and interviewed witnesses. No arrests were announced and investigators said there were no outstanding suspects in connection with Portillo’s killing.

Did anyone in the neighborhood or family see the custody exchange or the confrontation that led to this shooting?