Adrian Certuche, 42, was shot and killed inside a Fort Worth home in the early hours of Friday, January 30, 2026. Officers responding about 12:15 a.m. to a residence in the 2800 block of Northwest Loraine Street in the city’s Historic Northside neighborhood found Certuche with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner later listed the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the neck.

The victim’s roommate, 42-year-old Aaron Renteria, was identified as the sole suspect, taken into custody at the scene and charged with murder. An arrest warrant affidavit says Renteria confessed, telling investigators he shot Certuche after Certuche knocked on the front door in the middle of the night. Authorities described the shooting as an isolated incident and said there was no ongoing threat to the public. Renteria was booked into the Tarrant County jail on a $100,000 bond.

The investigation into what led to the fatal shooting is ongoing. Does anyone in Historic Northside have information about events at that Loraine Street address that night?