Charges have been filed against two additional suspects arrested in the fatal shooting of a man at 7550 Long Point Road about 6:45 p.m. on March 28.
The suspects – Arnez Markel Semien, 19, and Jonathan Lopez, 17 – are charged with capital murder in the 182nd and 180th State District Courts respectively.
Two previously arrested suspects – Andres Lara, 19, and Daniel Medrano, 20 – are also charged with capital murder in the 230th and 182nd State District Courts respectively.
Booking photos of all four suspects are attached to this news release.
The victim is identified as Joel Villarreal, 43.
HPD Homicide Division Detectives S. Chettry, H. Martinez and K. Stringer reported:
HPD patrol officers responded to a shooting in a strip center parking lot at the above address and found Mr. Villarreal unresponsive and lying on the ground. He had sustained a gunshot wound. Houston Fire Department paramedics transported Villarreal to an area hospital where he was later pronounced deceased.
A preliminary investigation indicated an unknown suspect(s) was involved in an armed robbery in the same strip center and Villarreal may have attempted to stop the suspect(s) from fleeing.
Further investigation identified a person of interest wanted for questioning and a surveillance photo was released to the public on Monday (April 3). The person of interest was later identified as Andres Lara.
A subsequent investigation identified Lara and Medrano as the suspects. They were arrested on April 6 and subsequently charged for their roles in the incident.
Further investigation also identified Semien and Lopez as suspects. They were arrested on Thursday (April 27) and subsequently charged for their roles in the incident.
Arnez Markel Semien
Jonathan Lopez
Andres Lara
Andres Lara (Surveillance photo)
Daniel Medrano
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