Adrian Martinez, 44, was found shot inside a home on the 5000 block of Cain Drive on the city’s Southside shortly after 8 a.m. on July 7, 2025. Officers responding to a 911 call discovered him wounded; he was taken to a local hospital and died from his injuries. The Nueces County Medical Examiner’s Office determined he died from a gunshot wound sustained inside the residence.

Before he was transported, Adrian Martinez told officers on scene who shot him. Police say the shooter was a woman he was in a dating relationship with; investigators described the incident as a family-violence shooting. The early-morning disturbance prompted a rapid search after the suspect fled the scene while investigators pieced together what unfolded between the couple.

By July 9, officers located and arrested 40-year-old Kimberly Rodriguez in connection with the killing and charged her with murder. The investigation is ongoing. Did anyone on Cain Drive or the Southside see or hear anything that morning that could help clarify what happened?