Carlos Moreira, 27, was fatally shot during a robbery on October 2, 2015, in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 6360 Skyline in southwest Houston. The attack happened about 9:15 p.m. when Moreira and a friend were approached by two armed suspects. As Moreira tried to flee he was shot; the suspects then fled the scene.

Investigators later linked the weapon used in this killing to two other robbery-murders: Daniel Martinez, 34, at 9649 South Gessner on October 31 at about 9:30 p.m., and Jose Moreira, 32, at 5900 Rampart on November 29 at about 12:20 a.m. Those incidents and several others involved at least two Black male suspects who appeared to be targeting Hispanic men in apartment complex parking lots in southwest Houston. Follow-up work connected a gray Dodge Charger seen after robberies, and witness statements identified Sebastian Drayton as a suspect in multiple robbery-murders, a November 9, 2014 double shooting at 6405 West Bellfort in which both victims survived, and additional robberies; Drayton was arrested in December 2014 and found with several stolen items taken in the armed robberies and the West Bellfort shooting.

The Houston Police Homicide Division continues to investigate. If anyone has information about the Skyline shooting or related incidents, please come forward.