Juan Carlos Iruegas Jr., a 21-year-old Hispanic man, was fatally shot on January 11, 2021, in Laredo, Texas. He was found with gunshot wounds in the El Eden neighborhood, in the 4700 block of Sunrise Court, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Laredo Police identified 24-year-old Adrian Arturo Rodriguez as the suspect. Surveillance video reportedly showed Rodriguez and two others arriving in a black SUV, and Rodriguez allegedly shot Iruegas multiple times. Rodriguez was located at a motel on East Saunders Street, detained after a negotiation, charged with murder and served with an outstanding aggravated assault with a deadly weapon warrant from November 2020. He was initially held in custody and later released on bond while the Webb County District Attorney’s Office pursued the case.

The shooting was Laredo’s first homicide of 2021 and left a deep impact on Iruegas’s family and the community. If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Juan, please come forward.