Armando Rivera, 25 and known as El 50, was shot to death early on May 18, 2024. Brownsville police found him with a fatal gunshot wound to the head in the passenger seat of a vehicle on Blanche Street after his companion drove there following an earlier shooting incident. Investigators report Rivera and his companion had been fired upon while traveling through the 1100 block of Calle Galaxia; Alejandro Alvarado, 35, is accused of striking Rivera in that attack.

Officers also tied an earlier, noninjury episode that same night to the unfolding violence: as Rivera arrived at his home on the 1100 block of Calle Terrestre, Luciano Cesar Avina, 33, allegedly fired at Rivera and his companion and then fled. On May 24 police and the U.S. Marshals executed a warrant at an address on Calle Galaxia and arrested Alvarado and Avina. Alvarado was charged with murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, deadly conduct and discharging a firearm; Avina faces two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, deadly conduct and discharging a firearm. The investigation into the full circumstances of Rivera’s death remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about Rivera, the events on Calle Galaxia or Calle Terrestre that night, please share what you know.