Not so sure. I read yesterday that the shooter left the scene in a 1970s era pickup truck without a bed. Not sure what kind a cars cartel members drive in Houston, but where I live in the Northeast, the car of choice for gangbangers is a Mercedes or similar status car.
Some yes. Lower end soldados, no. And more than a few are in the gangs that nibble at the edges and do courier, and enforcement work here and there.
That looked street. At a bare minimum, local gangster.