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Hector Javier Vargas

Case from San Antonio, TX dated Jun 01, 2025

Victim Details

Hector Javier Vargas

Male

Hispanic / Latino

San Antonio

TX

2025-06-01

17

Hector

Javier Vargas

07/18/2026

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Hector Javier Vargas, 17, a male of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity from San Antonio, was found in the early morning hours of June 1, 2025, lying in the roadway with multiple gunshot wounds in the 400 block of Tidewind Street on the city’s South Side. Officers were dispatched just before 1:30 a.m.; medics attempted lifesaving measures, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Initial police briefings did not identify a motive and reported no suspects at the time.

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  • kens5.com: Family mourns 'Baby Hector': Aspiring barber killed at graduation party
  • https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/multiple-shooting-deaths-san-antonio-20355693.php
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