On the evening of Friday, November 7, 2025, 30-year-old Rafael Xe Rax was fatally shot in southwest Houston. Officers were called about 7:35 p.m. to the 6300 block of Windswept Lane after an altercation; Rafael’s brother, Samuel Xe Rax, said Rafael had been involved in a confrontation with an assailant for no apparent reason and was later found lying on the ground unresponsive. First responders performed CPR and transported him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

His wife, Sonia Melania, is left to explain the loss to their child. A second man, 21-year-old Jose Angel Cuz, was found dead near a walking path by a bayou a short distance away, and investigators are examining whether both men were shot during the same altercation at the apartment complex. Houston police released surveillance photos of a person of interest described as a Hispanic male about 20 to 30 years old who was seen walking away from the scene; no arrests have been announced.

If anyone has information about the suspect, can you contact the HPD Homicide Division or Crime Stoppers?