Matthew Camacho was shot and killed in a mysterious crime

• Matthew Camacho, 19, was shot to death in Baytown, Texas, in a mysterious crime.
• The young man was found at the wheel of his car, with the engine running, and shot to death.
• The family members of the murdered man have asked the Hispanic community to help solve the case.

Matthew Camacho, 19, was shot to death in the state of Texas. The crime is a true mystery to the authorities. The Baytown Police Department (BPD) is already investigating the murder of the young man who is mourned by his family and friends.

At 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, December 23, 2021, several residents of an apartment complex called 911 to report a shooting. A patrolman from the Baytown Police Department was dispatched to investigate the case.

Matthew Camacho is killed in a strange shooting

A Baytown Police officer was sent to 600 Massey Tompkins Road, the area of ​​the shooting. He stated in his report that he found a car with the engine running in the parking lot of the housing complex. Inside the car was a very badly injured young man. It is not specified if the young man lived there.

After making the discovery, the Baytown Police officer requested the assistance of the paramedics from the Baytown Fire Department (BFD) to treat the injured man. The young man was identified as Matthew Pacheco by his driver’s license.

Several shots went through Matthew Camacho’s car

However, when BFD paramedics arrived at the shooting scene, they could no longer do anything to help young Matthew Camacho and he was pronounced dead. Homicide Division officers came to the scene after Matthew Camacho’s murder was confirmed.

Officers from the BPD Homicide Division noted there were several bullet holes on the right side of young Matthew Camacho’s car that had penetrated the driver’s door and the metal that protects the engine. It was not specified what kind of car Matthew Camacho was driving.

Does anyone know who killed Matthew Camacho?

None of the residents of the apartment complex where young Matthew Camacho was killed witnessed the shooting. Officers from the BPD Homicide Division are already retrieving video from various security cameras on Massey Tompkins Road looking for clues to the case.

The BPD Homicide Division asks the community that if anyone has credible information about the Matthew Camacho murder to contact its office at 281.422.8371 or the Baytown nonprofit Crime Stoppers at 281.427.8477. All clues will be kept anonymous.

«Please help our family»

Sonia Camacho opened a GoFundMe called Matthew Camacho Funeral Cost to pay for Matthew Camacho’s funeral. She is asking the community to help her family face the expenses caused by the young man’s mysterious murder.

“Please help our family with funeral costs at this difficult time. Also, if you have any clues that could lead investigators to identify a possible suspect, call the Baytown Police Department,” Sonia Camacho asked her community in Texas.

Matthew Camacho, one more victim of gun violence

The murder of Matthew Camacho in Texas 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, 43,956 people have already been shot dead.

As of Friday, December 24, 2o21, of those people who were shot dead in the United States, a total of 20,271 were murdered and 23,694 committed suicide. 39,678 people were injured. The country has already experienced 678 mass shootings in which at least four people have died in the same crime.

In Texas, it is now legal to posses and carry firearms without a permit

Texas woke up on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 with 666 new laws. One was related to carrying firearms. A new law approved by the state congress makes it legal to carry a firearm, rifle or pistol, in sight and without having received training to use it and without having a permit, despite the so many deadly shootings.

Greg Abbott, the Governor of Texas, signed the law that he called a «constitutional right» to carry rifles, shotguns and pistols in virtually any public place. By signing his signature on the new law, the governor said he signed the «documents that instill freedom in the Lone Star State.» Filed Under: Matthew Camacho.

Details of a controversial law

The Reform of Law 1927, the legal name of the new arms law in Texas, was voted in the State Congress in May 2021 and was approved with a round of 86 in favor and 62 with 2 abstentions, part of the 150 congressmen. Governor Abbot signed the law, which was his proposal, last June to make it effective until September 1.

Some law enforcement agencies in Texas have publicly and privately criticized the decision to pass a law that according to many police officers exposes them in the first place to the dangers of firearms in the hands of people who don’t know how to handle them properly and, secondly, to the citizens. Filed Under: Matthew Camacho.

You no longer need to take a weapons course to buy a gun

The new gun law in Texas makes it so that it will no longer even be necessary for a person to be fingerprinted when purchasing a pistol or rifle. Only those who are on the list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will not be able to obtain a weapon.

It is no longer mandatory for a person to take a gun handling course before purchase. Now it is only recommended to take a free online course offered by the Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS). Filed Under: Matthew Camacho.

Baytown, Texas, Labor Magnet for Hispanics

Young Matthew Camacho was killed in the city of Baytown, Texas, a town off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico east of the Houston metropolitan area. Baytown is home to many of the largest oil refineries in the United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau 80,000 people live in Baytown, Texas, and 47 out of 100 of them are Hispanic. Many of these people have moved to Baytown attracted by the numerous employment opportunities offered by the refineries and in search of a better future for their families. Filed Under: Matthew Camacho.

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