Edward Alejandro Rivera, 18, of Nacogdoches, was fatally shot during a burst of gunfire on the morning of October 24, 2025, along the 1000 block of Hackberry Street. Police first got calls at 10:22 a.m. reporting a person running from a vehicle and another person down in the street. Responding officers found one victim lying in the roadway and two more inside a black car; one died at the scene and the other two were taken to a hospital where they died shortly after. Rivera was one of the victims identified that day; the others were Dequavious LeCharles Brooks, 17, and Emilio Perez.

By October 26, detectives named 17-year-old Hector Cuarenta of Nacogdoches as the suspect, obtained a warrant tied to the Hackberry Street triple homicide, and reported that Cuarenta surrendered and was booked into the Nacogdoches County Jail. Police said a fourth person was seen fleeing the scene and investigators were seeking witness statements and any nearby home-security footage as they worked to determine motive. Rivera’s death was recorded among the victims of gun violence on October 24 in Nacogdoches.

Did anyone in the area see or have footage from the 1000 block of Hackberry Street that morning?