Emiliano Quirino, 21, of Houston, was shot multiple times and died in the early hours of July 12, 2025, in the parking lot of a shopping center at 3820 South Gessner Road. Officers responding about 1:25 a.m. found him unresponsive; paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Investigators say Quirino was near a vehicle when a confrontation broke out and gunfire followed; detectives recovered shell casings at the scene and cordoned off the pavement outside the nearby businesses.

Detectives identified and arrested a suspect, 21-year-old Isaac Biais, who was taken into custody on July 17 and charged with murder in Quirino’s death. Prosecutors also charged Biais in a separate fatal shooting that occurred four days after Quirino’s killing, and a judge set $1 million bail in each case. Court and police records indicate investigators were still working to determine any motive linking the incidents. Funeral arrangements published by Quirino’s family listed visitation and service dates in Houston as the criminal case proceeded.

If anyone was in the South Gessner shopping center parking lot that night or has information about the confrontation, please share what was seen or heard.