A welfare check in Fabens, Texas on January 29, 2026 led deputies to a scene involving a person covered in blood and possibly armed. Investigators found 17-year-old Andrey Martinez with a gunshot wound; he was taken to Del Sol Medical Center and pronounced dead there. The hospital was placed on precautionary lockdown while law enforcement secured the scene and began an inquiry.

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit opened a homicide investigation. Within a day authorities arrested 19-year-old Kelvin Lee-Armenta; he was booked into the El Paso County Jail on a murder charge and is being held without bond as the case proceeds.

Are there details from Fabens residents or witnesses that could help clarify what happened that night?