David Rodriguez was 29 when he was found fatally shot inside a vehicle on Avenue N 1/2 in Galveston, Texas, shortly before 7 p.m. on November 1, 2025. Police responded after reports of multiple gunshots; emergency personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. Early accounts identified him only as a man in his late twenties and offered no information about what led to the shooting or why the vehicle had stopped where it did.

Investigators initially had no suspect description, but by the following Tuesday a 42-year-old man, Larry Ballard, was arrested during a traffic stop in the 2400 block of Broadway and charged with murder. Authorities have not publicly explained how Ballard and Rodriguez knew each other or provided a motive. Rodriguez’s death has been listed on the National Gun Violence Memorial with candles and brief notes remembering him.

If anyone witnessed the shooting on Avenue N 1/2 that night or has information about Rodriguez’s movements before 7 p.m. on November 1, 2025, please come forward.