POLICE Department
UPDATE #2: Suspect Charged, Wanted in Fatal Shooting at 7750 Drouet Street
July 18, 2021 - Charges have been filed against a suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of two females found at 7750 Drouet Street about 1:55 p.m. on June 12.
The suspect, Hector Manuel Birriel Carrasquillo (H/m, 51), is charged with capital murder in the 182nd State District Court.
Surveillance video of Birriel Carrasquillo can be viewed on the HPD YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/veRQxJDowrQ. Photos of Birriel Carrasquillo and his vehicle, described as a white 2012 Nissan Rogue with no hubcaps and Texas license plates PGS-5720, are attached to this news release.
The victims have been identified as Lesli "Carolina" Reyes Erazo, 35, and her daughter, Elsy Dayana Jimenez Erazo, 16.
HPD Homicide Division Sergeant C. Duncan and Detective L. Lovelace reported:
HPD patrol officers responded to a shooting at an apartment complex at the above address and found the victims in a bedroom of their apartment. Both had been fatally shot.
Further investigation led to the identification of Birriel Carrasquillo as the suspect in this case and, on Saturday, July 17, he was charged for his role in the deaths of Ms. Erazo and her daughter, Elsy Erazo. Birriel Carrasquillo also is known to go by the alias of Vicente Lopez Garcia.
Anyone with information in this case or on the whereabouts of Hector Manuel Birriel Carrasquillo, aka Vicente Lopez Garcia, is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers t 713-222-TIPS.
UPDATE #2: KJS 7-18-21
UPDATE #1: VHS 7-3-21
VHS/JFC 6-14-21
Inc. #078934521
For additional information, please contact the HPD Office of Community Affairs at 713-308-3200.