SAN MARCOS, Texas — A 21-year-old man has been arrested after a 32-year-old man was fatally shot early Sunday, according to the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office.
At approximately 1:58 a.m. Aug. 9, deputies responded to a shots fired call in the 5000 block of Crossover Road in San Marcos. While deputies were on the way, multiple additional calls reported that several shots had been fired and a man was lying in the front driveway of a residence.
San Marcos police officers arrived first and found 32-year-old Sergio Raynaldo Mata, who had been shot multiple times. Life-saving measures were administered, but Mata was pronounced dead at 2:16 a.m.
Guadalupe County sheriff’s deputies arrived and identified 21-year-old Miguel Angel Marquez as the person who fired at Mata. Marquez was detained at the scene.
During the initial investigation, deputies determined that several rounds had struck and entered a vehicle and a residence across the street. An adult man who had been sleeping in the bedroom where the rounds entered was not injured.
Marquez was taken into custody by Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office investigators and charged with murder and deadly conduct. He remains in custody at the Guadalupe County Adult Detention Center.