Fifteen-year-old Andrew Lee Garza Jr., a sophomore at W.B. Ray High School in Corpus Christi, Texas, was shot on February 12, 2024, in the 4800 block of Monitor Street. He suffered a single gunshot wound, was taken to CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital–Shoreline on life support, and died on February 15, 2024.

In the days after Andrew’s death police identified a 16-year-old male suspect. The suspect’s parents, Cristal and Rodrigo Juarez, were arrested February 21, 2024, on charges of hindering apprehension after being accused of concealing their son’s whereabouts. The 16-year-old surrendered to the Corpus Christi Police Department on February 24, 2024, and was booked into the Nueces County Juvenile Justice Center on charges related to Andrew’s death. W.B. Ray High School offered grief counseling and friends and family held a vigil.

Andrew was remembered as a driven barber who liked cutting hair from a barber station he often set up in his kitchen, and as a basketball fan who could make people laugh. Does anyone who knew Andrew or saw activity in the 4800 block of Monitor Street that night have information to share?