Luis Manuel Casillas.
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the broad daylight shooting death of an auto mechanic last December, just two days before Christmas, authorities said.
Raudel Orozco, 20, Rolando Orozco, 22, and Jody Duron, 19, have been charged with murder in connection with the death of 29-year-old Luis Casillas, the Houston Police Department announced in apress releaseWednesday. Police said the Orozcos are brothers but did not identify who shot Casillas.
“Members of the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force arrested all three males on Tuesday (April 25) without incident,” the release states.
Officers responded to a business parking lot along North Interstate Highway 45 in Houston just before 1 p.m. on Dec. 23, 2022, on a report of a shooting, police said.
Casillas, a father-of-two, reportedly begged for his life as shots rang out, according to KHOU 11. The suspects then allegedly fled the scene.
Police said when they arrived at the shop where Casillas worked, they found him suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the release states.
In January, police said they were looking for at least six suspects and two pickup trucks believed to be involved in the shooting, KHOU 11 reports. It’s unclear if more arrests are now expected.
Shortly after his death, Casillas' family launched aGoFundMepage to help support his wife, two daughters, and parents, who spent the holidays grieving.
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“For those of you that knew him, you knew that he was the life of the party, the funny man, the one who made us laugh when we needed it,” the fundraiser reads.
The page had raised more than $11,000 as of April 27.
source: people.com
