Roy Villarreal, 20, a male from Laredo, Texas, was shot in the early morning hours of August 16, 2025, along the 100 block of West Clark Boulevard in the El Trompe neighborhood. Officers and medics rushed him to a local hospital, where the 20-year-old man was pronounced dead. His death and identity were publicly noted in local reports and memorial listings, tying the time and place of the shooting to the loss reported by his family and community.
Detectives quickly named a suspect.
By the afternoon of August 17, the Laredo Police Department announced a murder warrant for 19-year-old Victor Manuel Valadez, alleging he shot Roy Villarreal, 20, around 1 a.m. on West Clark. Investigators appealed for tips on the suspect’s whereabouts and emphasized that calls would remain anonymous.
Days later, police said the search for the 19-year-old continued and described the relationship between the two young men as close, with the police chief characterizing the incident as possibly accidental or a conversation that went wrong—an unfolding story still without a confirmed motive. The killing marked Laredo’s seventh homicide of 2025, and authorities urged the public to help locate the suspect while highlighting their determination to close the case.
