In the early hours of June 8, 2023, a shooting in rural Edinburg, Texas, left 50-year-old Agustin Anguiano Vega dead. Deputies answered reports of gunfire shortly after 3:00 a.m. in the 6700 block of Argentine Road and found Vega leaning against a black Chevrolet pickup with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to McAllen Medical Center and pronounced dead at 4:43 a.m. A justice of the peace ordered an autopsy.

34-year-old Antonio Garcia Garza was at the scene and admitted to shooting Vega after a physical altercation, according to deputies. A witness said she saw the two men together, heard gunshots, then saw Garza run into the house holding a handgun; she later gave deputies a black handgun that Garza had placed on the kitchen table. Investigators executed a search warrant, collected evidence, and found illegal drugs in Garza’s black Chevrolet truck.

Garza was arrested and booked into the Hidalgo County Adult Detention Center on murder and drug-related charges; his bond for the murder charge was set at $500,000. A grand jury later returned an indictment on murder and possession of cocaine, and the investigation into the circumstances of the altercation and shooting remains ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office at 956-383-8114.

Did anyone in the area witness the altercation or have information about events leading up to that night?