{"id":433793,"date":"2026-09-12T10:40:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T10:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/433793\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T10:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T10:40:24","slug":"suspect-wanted-charged-with-murder-in-deadly-2023-shooting-of-21-year-old-in-houstons-west-side-police-department-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/433793\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect wanted, charged with murder in deadly 2023 shooting of 21-year-old in Houston&#8217;s west side, police department says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Police said officers are searching for the suspect charged in the 2023 deadly shooting of a man in Houston&#8217;s west side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ORIGINAL REPORT: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/dairy-view-lane-man-killed-deadly-shooting-houston-police\/13958243\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Homicide detectives investigating deadly shooting in W. Houston-area apartments<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In a statement released on Friday, the Houston Police Department said 31-year-old Alexander Funes-Vasquez is charged with murder in the shooting death of 21- year-old Edward Josue Valladarez-Vargas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to investigators, officers responded to a call at about 11:35 p.m. on Oct. 22, 2023, at an apartment complex at 9301 Dairy View Lane. Officers said they found Valladarez-Vargas unresponsive, lying near some bushes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officials said Valladarez-Vargas suffered at least one gunshot wound and was later pronounced dead by Houston Fire Department paramedics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">HPD said investigators identified the suspect as Funes-Vasquez, who was later charged with murder after detectives consulted with the Harris County District Attorney&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Authorities said anyone with information about the whereabouts of Funes-Vasquez or this incident is advised to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Police said officers are searching for the suspect charged in the 2023 deadly shooting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[150681,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-433793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-150681","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433793","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=433793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}