A 21-year-old man was killed in southwest Houston in the early hours of March 2, 2026. Jose Luis Escobar Hernandez was found with a gunshot wound about 2:15 a.m. at an apartment complex at 9707 South Gessner Road. Paramedics transported him to a hospital, where he later died of his injuries.

The Houston Police Department Homicide Division opened an investigation. Detectives identified a suspect as 35-year-old Milton Eleazar Hernandez-Lopez. On March 10 officers with HPD’s South Gessner Patrol Division Crime Suppression Team arrested Hernandez-Lopez. During questioning he reportedly admitted involvement in the shooting, and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office charged him with murder; he was booked into the Harris County Jail.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who were in the area that night and can provide more detail about what happened?