Felipe Mancilla, 36, male, Hispanic/Latino, was found around 1:47 a.m. on September 6, 2025, lying on the road in the 2400 block of Venecia Drive just outside Mission, Texas, with multiple gunshot wounds. Deputies with the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office attempted life-saving measures, but Felipe Mancilla, 36, was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities publicly identified him and indicated early on that the encounter appeared drug-related.
As investigators developed leads through the morning, they identified a suspect and moved to execute a search warrant at a residence in the 1000 block of Pine Street in nearby Alton. During that operation, the suspect—named by later reporting as Paulino Guerra Jr., 51—opened fire, striking a sheriff’s deputy’s helmet before being shot and killed by law enforcement, ending the immediate threat. The deputy survived, and the homicide investigation into the killing of Felipe Mancilla, 36, continued under the sheriff’s office.
Confirmation of the victim’s identity and age appeared in memorial and obituary notices listing him as Felipe F. Mancilla Oviedo, 36, of Mission, with the date of death recorded as September 6, 2025. These notices align with local reporting that Felipe Mancilla, 36, died after being shot in rural Mission, corroborating the timeline of events that began before dawn and culminated in the Alton officer-involved shooting.
Regarding arrests, authorities identified a single suspect in the killing of Felipe Mancilla, 36, and that suspect died during the subsequent shootout with law enforcement. As of those reports, no additional arrests were announced and no other suspects were publicly identified in connection with the death of Felipe Mancilla, 36.
