On January 25, 2026, 35-year-old Eduardo Isaias Contreras was found dead inside a home on the 10500 block of Monte Alto in Socorro, a suburb of El Paso. The circumstances led investigators to open a homicide investigation that involved the Socorro Police Department, the Major Crimes Unit, Texas Rangers, and the El Paso Police Department SWAT Team.

Authorities identified a person of interest and concentrated operations at a residence on the 3100 block of North Piedras in central El Paso. After negotiations with a Crisis Management Team, 30-year-old Gabriel Ontiveros surrendered and was taken into custody; he was later charged with Contreras’s murder and booked into the El Paso County detention facility. No motive has been released.

Contreras is survived by his mother, two sons, a brother, and three sisters. Does anyone have information about Contreras, the location on Monte Alto, or the events leading up to January 25?