Son of prominent Dominican politician shot, killed outside Texas gas station as 3 suspects sought: police

Fox News ^ | 4/03/24 | Louis Casiano

[Libloather]

The son of a prominent Dominican politician was shot and killed at a Houston gas station Monday, and three suspects are being sought, police said.

The Houston Police Department identified the victim as Luis Alfredo Pacheco Rojas, 34, the son of Alfredo Pacheco, the president of the Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic, the country's lower chamber of congress.

"We have spoken with Mr. Pacheco about his son’s death and advised him detectives continue efforts to determine possible motives for the shooting," an HPD statement said.

Rojas worked in the music industry in Houston and went by the name "El Pikante," according to reports.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Dominican Republic's embassy for comment.

Rojas, a 29-year-old victim, and two other men were leaving a gas station in the 2400 block of South Wayside Drive about 7:25 p.m. and got into a black SUV.

At the same time, a Dodge Charger and a Mercedes-Benz approached the SUV. Two males got out of the Dodger and one exited the Mercedes.

All three open fired on the SUV and fled the scene, police said.

Rojas was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The other victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Involved in the music industry in Houston? Why in the world was this person killed? What could have possibly gone wrong? /s

[Jane Long]

I didn’t say it was a great area, I said it wasn’t an awful area. You might also be thinking of the Third Ward, which is just north of this area.

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Again, do you live in Houston?

It’s a beyond bad area, as others have also said.

And, no, I’m not thinking of any of the (numbered) wards. They’re bad, as well, but, at least closer to downtown/Montrose/Heights.

[Political Junkie Too]

I live in Spring.

-PJ

[Jane Long]

There’s a guy on IG that posts all of the wild, breaking Houston news.

When he posted this, the other night, a lot of the comments were saying how crazy/horrid this part of town is. Which, it is!

[Political Junkie Too]

It's a mix. It depends on how far you want to extend the boundaries of that part of town.

Like I said, the gas station is in the center of a five mile radius that includes NRG Stadium where the NFL team the Houston Texans play (also the old Astrodome complex), the Houston Medical Center (Texas Children's Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, et. al.), Hermann Park (contains the Houston Zoo, the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, the Japanese Garden, and the Miller Outdoor Theatre).

The shooting took place right on the border of the good and bad. The good (see above is to the west and northwest, the bad is to the east and northeast. I wouldn't stray east of where the shooting took place, but west is getting into the nicer areas. Go further west another 1-2 miles and you're into the township of West University Place, which is affluent because Rice University is there.

Houston is like that; the good and the bad are all in separate pockets distributed all throughout the city, except when you get near the ship channel on the very east where it's bad all over.

-PJ

[Jane Long]

Yes ... have lived in Houston and SE TX area, for decades :-)

You?

[Political Junkie Too]

Mixed. Alief (southwest Houston) in the early 80s, then to California until the mid-2010s when I moved back to Houston, but in the Montgomery County part of Spring.

-PJ

[Jane Long]

Yikes! Weather acclimation/adjustment, having to move back here, from CA.

[Political Junkie Too]

I know, from no weather 9 months of the year to year-round weather.

We really didn't have frontal collisions in California, only the Pacific Ocean jetstream moving around high pressure zones. Out here, it's constant cold fronts from the Rockies and Canada hitting warm fronts from the Gulf of Mexico.

-PJ

[ro_dreaming]

I grew up in Pasadena, off Beltway & 225.

I’m VERY familiar with S. Wayside. It is not a nice part of town.

It’s no Sunnyside, or Acres Homes, but it ain’t Upper Kirby or Tanglewilde, either.

[bgill]

He was 34 when he went into the store but left at 29 and dead. Great reporting there. Or maybe using different IDs.

[djstex]

Thanks for the ping!

[Texas Fossil]

The photo?

Very Good use of today’s technology.

But Biden will protect them if they are “Immigrants”?

[Texas Fossil]

Are they both bull pups?

[L,TOWM]

Yep.