Gerardo Ismael Jerry Olivares Mancha was an 18-year-old Hispanic/Latino who had just graduated from Dayton High School when he was killed in a drive-by shooting at his family’s mobile home on Private Road 4894B, south of Highway 90, on June 28, 2023. Shortly after midnight investigators received 911 calls of numerous gunshots. Jerry was in his bedroom playing video games when a round passed through the exterior wall, through his gaming chair, and struck him in the back. He was flown to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston but was pronounced dead.

Jerry’s mother and two sisters, ages 16 and 20, were inside the home and were not physically injured, though numerous bullets struck the residence and vehicles in the driveway. Investigators said the pattern and number of rounds suggested more than one firearm, including at least one high-caliber weapon. Detectives treated the possibility that the house had been deliberately targeted but did not rule out that the shooters had intended a different residence. A witness saw a light-colored pickup truck leave the area; authorities did not release an identified shooter description. The case remained active with leads under investigation and no arrest publicly reported.

Does anyone who knew Jerry or who was in the Dayton area that night have information about the pickup truck or other details that could help investigators?