Eighteen-year-old Juan Carlos Rodriguez Jr, a Brookshire, Texas resident and recent Royal High School graduate, was found shot dead in the parking lot of Willow Springs Apartments in the 4400 block of 5th Street on August 30, 2024. Police received reports of shots fired at about 7:03 PM and arrived at 7:08 PM to discover Rodriguez’s body. His family described him as a cheerful young man who enjoyed riding horses and spending time with loved ones; they say they do not know why he was at the apartment complex since he did not live there.

By September 6, 2024, police had arrested 17-year-old Justin Anthony in Brookshire on murder charges related to the killing. Authorities are also searching for a second suspect, 17-year-old Eric Anthone Watts, described as 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 9 inches tall, 140 to 150 pounds, with brown eyes, black shoulder-length dreadlocks and a distinctive tattoo on the top of his right hand; law enforcement says he is considered armed and dangerous. Waller County Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to Watts’s arrest. The motive remains unclear and the investigation is ongoing.

Does anyone have information about why Juan Rodriguez might have been at Willow Springs Apartments that evening or about Eric Watts’s whereabouts?