Christopher Aguilar, 18, was killed on January 21, 2023, after being shot during an apparent robbery while seated in his SUV on Lucky Star Drive in the Alief area of Houston. Two individuals approached and demanded money before shooting him; his vehicle then crashed into a nearby house. He was airlifted to a hospital and later died of his injuries.

In the days after the shooting, Harris County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested two juvenile suspects, ages 14 and 16, charging them with capital murder and linking them to a similar robbery in the same area on January 16. Aguilar’s family, who had previously endured the unsolved murder of his mother, Lina Ortega, 12 years earlier, remembered him as a joyful Hastings High School student who liked driving his truck around Alief and spending time with friends. The family started a GoFundMe for funeral expenses and said the arrests offered some solace while they seek justice.

Did anyone in the Alief community have information about Aguilar’s movements or the incidents around January 16–21 that could help clarify what happened?