On April 10, 2023, 23-year-old Houston resident Samuel Jose Mata was fatally shot while driving his pickup truck on the East Sam Houston Parkway. His passenger, 22-year-old Jose Paredes, who had been a close friend since elementary school, was arrested at the scene and charged with his murder.
The incident occurred around 8 a.m. Deputies observed Mata's truck veering erratically before it collided with a concrete barrier. Upon approaching the vehicle, they found Paredes armed with a pi
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