Gregorio Nathaniel Nate Mendieta IV, 30, was found dead on October 20, 2024, at about 2:00 a.m. in the 1700 block of Wilson Street in Levelland, Texas. Officers discovered him unresponsive and face down in the roadway with a single gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Preliminary information indicates Mendieta had been talking with an unidentified person seated in a pickup truck shortly before the shooting. No suspects have been identified or arrested, and investigators have asked the public for help in identifying the individual or any motive.

Mendieta is survived by his wife, Jessica, and their three children, Elaynna, Emmery, and Eann. A GoFundMe was set up to support the family. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Levelland Police Department at 806-894-6164.

Did anyone in the community see a pickup truck in the area that night or know who Mendieta had been speaking with?