On May 8, 2024, at about 7:10 p.m., Houston police responded to a shooting at 2100 Broadway Street in southeast Houston and found 38-year-old Sebastián Maquin-Cuz unresponsive in a grassy area with a gunshot wound. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Witnesses said Maquin-Cuz had been involved in a verbal altercation with another individual before the shooting.

Investigators identified 54-year-old Jorge Alberto Acosta as a suspect. Acosta was arrested on May 22, 2024, and charged with murder; during questioning he admitted to his role in the shooting. Maquin-Cuz was an immigrant from Guatemala, and his death has deeply affected the local Guatemalan community. Efforts were made to repatriate his body to Guatemala for funeral services, and an online memorial has been set up where friends and family have shared memories.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Houston Police Department’s Homicide Division.