Andrew Daniel Hinojos was 16 and a junior at Central High School when he was shot in the lower back and died on February 21, 2022. The shooting occurred in the 1700 block of Magdalen Street in San Angelo; he was taken to Shannon Medical Center by private vehicle.

San Angelo police recovered the handgun at the scene. Mason Elijah Ovalle Fulton, 22 and from San Angelo, was detained shortly after the incident, charged with manslaughter, and later pleaded guilty after waiving a jury trial. He said the shooting was accidental and that he did not believe the gun was loaded; he received an eight-year sentence.

Family and friends remembered Andy as friendly, caring and goofy who liked making people laugh. Funeral services were held at Robert Massie Riverside Chapel and he was buried in Calvary Catholic Cemetery.

If anyone knew Andy, his routines or the circumstances around Magdalen Street on February 21, 2022, please share what you know.