Alfaro Auner, 56, was shot and killed on the afternoon of July 27, 2025, in the yard of a home on the 22400 block of Pinewood Place in the Tomball area of northwest Harris County, Texas. Deputies arrived around 3:30 p.m. and found Auner mortally wounded; he did not live at the address but was related to the family who lived there. Early accounts indicated the individuals involved knew one another and two men had approached him before gunfire erupted.

By the following day investigators identified a suspect within the family circle. Detectives arrested 51-year-old Baldomero Ortiz, who, according to officials, confessed to shooting his cousin, Alfaro Auner, during a confrontation linked to a prior altercation. Authorities said Ortiz also suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the leg and was being treated at a hospital, with plans to transfer him to the Harris County Jail on a murder charge. Surveillance and neighborhood accounts were collected as investigators reconstructed the argument that preceded the shooting.

If anyone knew Alfaro Auner, Baldomero Ortiz, or witnessed the incident on Pinewood Place that Sunday afternoon, please share what you remember.