Alleydis Fernandez-Aguirre, 47, was found unresponsive in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 3030 Elmside Drive in Houston on the evening of October 1, 2024. Officers arrived at about 8:50 p.m. and located Fernandez-Aguirre with at least one gunshot wound; paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene.

Investigators later identified 37-year-old Dannier Aguero-Benitez as the suspect. On October 7, 2024, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office filed a murder charge against Aguero-Benitez in the 248th State District Court. He was not in custody at that time and remained at large; the Houston Police Department released a February 2024 booking photo to help locate him. The investigation into the shooting was ongoing.

If anyone has information about Aguero-Benitez’s whereabouts or the circumstances of the shooting, contact the HPD Homicide Division or Crime Stoppers anonymously.