Charges have been filed against a suspect arrested in the fatal shooting of a man at 7502 Corporate Drive that occurred about 5:55 p.m. on April 12.
The suspect, Maynor S. Osorto Ortega, 32, is charged with murder in the 495th State District Court. A booking photo of Osorto Ortega is attached to this news release.
The identity of the victim is pending verification by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.
HPD Homicide Division Detective K. Amri and Officer D. Toledo reported:
Officers were dispatched to a shooting call at the apartment complex at the above address. Witnesses reported hearing several gunshots and then seeing an unresponsive male lying between two buildings in the complex. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Houston Fire Department paramedics transported the victim to a hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
At that time, there was no known suspect description or motive in the shooting.
Further investigation identified Osorto Ortega as the suspect in this case. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office was contacted and Osorto Ortega was subsequently charged. Osorto Ortega was arrested on Wednesday (April 16) without incident and booked into the Harris County Jail.