On May 19, 2023, at about 10:10 a.m., Houston police responded to a shooting at the Scottish Inn & Suites, 9610 West Sam Houston Parkway South. Officers found 23-year-old Candeese Jenkins in the motel’s front office with multiple gunshot wounds. She was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

Investigators identified 19-year-old Felipe Martinez-Molina as the primary suspect. Murder charges were filed against him in the 179th State District Court on May 20. Members of the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force arrested Martinez-Molina without incident on May 22, and he was taken into custody to await trial. The relationship between Jenkins and Martinez-Molina and the motive for the shooting have not been released; the investigation is ongoing.

If anyone has information about Jenkins, her activities at the Scottish Inn & Suites, or the events that morning, please share what is known.