{"id":286119,"date":"2026-05-09T19:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T19:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/286119\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T19:07:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T19:07:19","slug":"galena-park-shooting-2-suspects-charged-in-deadly-basketball-court-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/286119\/","title":{"rendered":"Galena Park shooting: 2 suspects charged in deadly basketball court shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; Two people have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in the deadly shooting at Galena Park basketball court.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Angel Mendiola Ramirez, 18, is charged with the murder 19-year-old Mario Sosa Ruiz, and Kevin Jaimes, 18, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n<p> Keene Street shooting  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez reports a call went out around 9:45 p.m. on March 29 about a shooting near Keene Street and 14th Street at Galena Park.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">According to detectives, two groups of males had agreed to meet at the park and while there, Ramirez started shooting and hit Ruiz. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/galena-park-suspects.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Angel Mendiola Ramirez (L) and Kevin Jaimes (R) <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Officials previously said a group of males were playing at the basketball court at the time.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Two other men in their early 20s were also shot and survived their injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Multiple Houston-area agencies assisted with the shooting, including Galena Park PD, Harris County Precinct 3, and Jacinto City PD also on scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Both Ramirez and Jaimes were taken into custody and booked in Harris County Jail.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">It is unconfirmed if the people shot were part of the two groups who met up at the park.<\/p>\n<p> Galena Park announced new park rules <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">On April 2, the City of Galena Park posted new rules <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1264736952415630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">In the post, Mayor Moya announces that all city parks will be closed from 9:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. every night, until further notice. She emphasized that no exceptions would be made for the new rule.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The parks will also have 24\/7 security stations and a direct link to dispatch. Both additions are said to provide &#8220;visible presence, continuous oversight \u2026 immediate communication and rapid response at all times.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;Expectations are not optional, and compliance is required,&#8221; said Mayor Moya. The social post continues with the statement, reading, &#8220;Violations will be enforced to the fullest extent of the law, and those who choose to disregard these measures will be held accountable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information provided by Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/harris-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harris County<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/harris-county\/galena\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Galena Park<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; Two people have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in the deadly shooting at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1046,105036,405,56,58,57,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":["post-286119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-galena","tag-harris-county","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}