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Rudy Ventura is wanted for the shooting murder of two men

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  • Rudy Ventura is a fugitive after the shooting murder of two men.
  • Ventura killed two Hispanics with multiple shots to the head outside a Salvadoran restaurant.
  • The Houston Police Department is already looking for Ventura.

Rudy Ventura, 24, has an outstanding warrant in Texas for murdering two Hispanic men and injuring another. Officers from the Homicide Division of the Houston Police Department (HPD) released the arrest warrant for fugitive Rudy Ventura and announced they consider him armed and dangerous.

Criminal records in Harris County in Houston, Texas, show that fugitive Rudy Ventura has a long history of criminal activity including aggravated assault with injuries, attacking a police officer, driving under the influence (DWI) and illegal possession of weapons.

Rudy Ventura is wanted for the murder of two Hispanic men

Rudy Ventura is wanted for the murder of two Hispanics
Rudy Ventura is wanted for the shooting homicide of two men outside a Salvadoran restaurant. (PHOTO: Houston Police Department)

The case against Rudy Ventura for the two homicides is being heard before Judge Ramona Franklin of the 338th Criminal District Court in Harris County. Details about the brutal attack that the fugitive committed against Elmer Mardokeo Coto Maravilla and Ehexi Arce Díaz will be revealed during the trial.

According to the Texas State Penal Code the crime Rudy Ventura is accused of is punishable by a sentence of 20 to 99 years in prison if he is found guilty in a court of law. However, Ventura’s criminal record could aggravate his situation when he is caught.

Three men go out to smoke and meet death

Three men go out to smoke and meet death
PHOTO: Houston Police Department

Case documents state that last Monday, October 25, Elmer Mardokeo Coto Maravilla and Ehexi Arce Díaz were with some friends at the Salvadoran restaurant Café Sonata at 10950 Bissonnet Street in southwest Houston. At 1:15 AM the two men, along with another friend, left the restaurant to smoke a cigarette.

Other friends of Elmer Mardokeo Coto Maravilla and Ehexi Arce Díaz stayed inside Café Sonata chatting while the three friends went out to smoke cigarettes and chat. The names of the wounded and the friends of the victims will not be included in this story to protect their identities.

The men were attacked in the parking lot

The wounded fell on the parking lot floor
PHOTO: Houston Police Department

The people who stayed inside the Salvadoran restaurant later told the HPD Homicide Division officers that while they were enjoying their meals and chatting inside the restaurant, they heard at least four gunshots and became worried about their friends who were outside.

The group of friends went outside and found Elmer Mardokeo Coto Maravilla and Ehexi Arce Díaz lying on the pavement in the parking lot, very badly injured. The other friend was also injured by the bullets but not as badly as the other two men. Rudy Ventura’s name had not yet surfaced as the alleged killer.

Two men die and one is badly wounded

Two men die and one falls badly wounded
PHOTO: Houston Police Department

Elmer Mardokeo Coto Maravilla and Ehexi Arce Díaz’s friends called the HPD emergency number to report the shooting after they left and found the three men lying in the parking lot in front of the popular Salvadoran restaurant in southwest Houston.

When the first HPD patrol cars arrived at the scene of the shooting, they immediately requested paramedics from the Houston Fire Department (HFD) to transport the injured man to a hospital. There doctors saved one man’s life despite the severity of his injuries.

The killer arrived in a red Nissan pickup

The killer arrived in a red Nissan pickup
PHOTO: Houston Police Department

After the death of Elmer Mardokeo Coto Maravilla and Ehexi Arce Díaz, who were shot outside the Salvadoran restaurant, was confirmed officers from the HPD Homicide Division appeared at the scene to carry out the initial investigation into the double homicide.

As the HPD Homicide Division officers began to investigate, the officers discovered that while the three men were smoking, a red Nissan pickup truck arrived at a low speed and stopped near the group. Suddenly the driver of the truck got out of the car, armed with a gun.

Rudy Ventura shot his victims directly in the head

Rudy Ventura shoots directly at the heads of his rivals
PHOTO: Houston Police Department

When the driver of the truck, later identified as Rudy Ventura, approached Elmer Mardokeo Coto Maravilla, Ehexi Arce Díaz and the other man, he pulled a pistol out of his clothes and shot his rivals directly in the head at close range.

At the time of committing the crime, Rudy Ventura had his face covered with a handkerchief, or a bandana that was dark blue or black. The man who was injured reacted quickly when he saw Ventura draw the gun and struggled with the man to take the gun from him but was shot in the hand.

The murderer is identified despite the fact that his face was covered

They identify the murderer despite the fact that his face was covered
Rudy Ventura, despite his young age has a long criminal record in the greater Houston area. (PHOTO: Harris County)

Rudy Ventura, after he struggled with the first man and wounded him in the hand, managed to fire the fatal shots that killed Elmer Mardokeo Coto Maravilla and Ehexi Arce Díaz. Although Ventura had his face covered with a bandana, the HPD Homicide Division officers obtained a clue to his identity.

When Rudy Ventura drove into the parking lot in front of the Salvadoran restaurant, before killing Elmer Mardokeo Coto Maravilla and Ehexi Arce Díaz, several security cameras from different businesses and the traffic lights on the corner clearly captured images of his red Nissan truck.

Nissan truck found abandoned

Nissan truck found abandoned
PHOTO: Houston Police Department

The officers traced, through the plates and other details, the red Nissan pickup and that was when the name of Rudy Ventura came up in the investigations. Rudy Ventura’s physical characteristics coincided with that of the man who had arrived to kill Elmer Mardokeo Coto Maravilla and Ehexi Arce Díaz.

During HPD Homicide Division officers’ investigation, they discovered that the famous red Nissan truck was abandoned in Fort Bend County, southwest of the greater Houston area. It appeared Rudy Ventura abandoned it on the street one day after the crime.

Where is Rudy Ventura hiding?

Where is Rudy Ventura hiding?
PHOTO: Taken from Twitter

The Homicide Division officers seized Rudy Ventura’s red Nissan truck in which authorities found evidence that linked him to the shooting deaths of Elmer Mardokeo Coto Maravilla and Ehexi Arce Díaz. The only thing that is not known so far is the motive for the double homicide.

Rudy Ventura is 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs about 170 pounds, and has brown eyes and black hair. If someone in the community knows the whereabouts of the fugitive, they can report it to the non-profit organization Houston Crime Stoppers at 713.222.8477. All calls will be kept anonymous.

The pandemic of gun deaths

The pandemic of gun deaths
PHOTO: Houston Police Department

The shooting murder of Elmer Mardokeo Coto Maravilla and Ehexi Arce Díaz by Rudy Ventura is just one more case of gun violence in the United States. The non-profit organization National Archive of Gun Violence reports that so far in 2021, 38,194 people have already been shot dead.

As of Sunday, November 7, 2o21, of those people who have been shot dead in the United States, a total of 17,668 were murdered and 20,526 committed suicide. 35,068 were injured. The country already experienced 611 mass shootings in the first half of the year, where several people died or were injured in the same event.

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