Brayan Aldair Rodriguez Baltodano, 24, was shot and killed on October 20, 2024, in Houston. Officers who responded about 4:20 p.m. to an apartment complex at 7575 Office City Drive found him unresponsive in the front passenger seat of a vehicle; paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. No motive has been publicly disclosed.

Investigators identified 17-year-old Juan Vasquez as a suspect and he was arrested on November 13, 2024; he faces charges of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in the 488th State District Court. A second suspect, a 16-year-old juvenile, was arrested on December 3, 2024, and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; that juvenile has been referred to Harris County Juvenile Probation.

Rodriguez Baltodano was born September 25, 2000, in Mexico. Funeral services were held October 26, 2024, at Del Pueblo Funeral Home in Houston, followed by interment at Houston Memorial Gardens in Pearland. The investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone has information that could help investigators, please contact the Houston Police Department Homicide Division or Crime Stoppers.