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On February 20, 2016, 19-year-old Jose Manuel Chavez Tapia was found dead in his vehicle in San Antonio, Texas. He had sustained a gunshot wound to the neck and was discovered four blocks away from the location of a drug deal gone wrong. The San Antonio Police Department determined that Tapia was involved in a drug transaction that escalated into violence.

Authorities arrested 17-year-old Jonas Torres in connection with Tapia's death. Torres was charged with first-degree murder after a t ...Read More
Victim Details

Jose Manuel Chavez Tapia

Male

Hispanic / Latino

San-antonio

TX

2016-02-20

19

Jose

Manuel Chavez Tapia

12/09/2025