Aldegunda Alvarez, 42, was fatally shot on March 7, 2008, in the parking lot of the Candlewick Apartments on Hillcroft Street in southwest Houston. The shooting occurred about 11:15 p.m. while Alvarez was sitting in a pickup truck with her boyfriend. An unidentified man approached, tried to open the truck door, then fired a .45 caliber pistol through the window, striking Alvarez in the face. Her boyfriend was unharmed; the suspect fled immediately.

Police described the suspect as a black male, about 25 years old, 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 9 inches and roughly 150 pounds. Investigators said a robbery attempt might have been involved but the motive was uncertain. The shooting happened shortly after and a block from another fatal shooting at the Crown Garden Apartments; any connection was unclear. The Houston Police Department released a composite sketch and asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers or the HPD Homicide Division.

Did anyone in the area at the time see or hear anything that could help identify the shooter?