HOUSTON — A suspect in custody is accused of shooting and killing a taco truck owner in southeast Houston earlier this month.
According to Houston police, 21-year-old Jimmie Wayne Daniels is charged with capital murder in the shooting death of 29-year-old Roberto Almaguer Garza.
Almaguer Garza was found shot to death near his taco truck on the Gulf Freeway near Monroe early on the morning of Oct. 13. Police said Daniels was trying to rob him at gunpoint.
During the robbery, police said the two got into a struggle, during which Almaguer Garza was shot multiple times.
Police said after the shooting, Daniels took off. On Thursday, they said Daniels was already in custody for unrelated felonies.
Friends said Almaguer Garza had hoped to make enough money so he and his family could move back to Monterrey. He had almost reached the goal and he was going back in December. Now, his family will have to take his body home to bury him.
Almaguer Garza leaves behind a wife and three kids, all under the age of 4.
The family set up a GoFundMe account to help with burial expenses.
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