{"id":10874,"date":"2019-10-30T02:42:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T21:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umang.pk\/2019\/10\/man-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death-of-houston-tow-truck-driver-suspect-still-not-in-custody\/"},"modified":"2019-10-30T02:42:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T21:42:00","slug":"man-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death-of-houston-tow-truck-driver-suspect-still-not-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/2019\/10\/30\/man-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death-of-houston-tow-truck-driver-suspect-still-not-in-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with murder in shooting death of Houston tow truck driver, suspect still not in custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- src\/business\/templates\/hearst\/article\/headline.tpl --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e src\/business\/templates\/hearst\/article\/headline.tpl --><!-- hearst\/common\/author_name.tpl --><\/p>\n<p class=\"byline\">Kara Quebedo, Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/common\/author_name.tpl -->    <span class=\"timestamp\">update<br \/>\n        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2019-10-29T22:05:04Z\"><br \/>\n            Tuesday, October 29, 2019 5:05 PM: CDT<br \/>\n        <\/time><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n        <!-- hearst\/article\/types\/story_body_r2.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- gallery --><\/p>\n<div class=\"asset_gallery\" data-config-asset-position=\"1\" data-gid=\"gallery\"><!-- gallery float --><\/p>\n<p>                        <!-- hearst\/gallery\/main.tpl --><\/p>\n<div class=\"hst-resgallery-container non-grid three-wide\" data-id=\"article-gallery-14572332\" data-title=\"Man charged with murder in shooting death of Houston tow truck driver, suspect still not in custody\" data-gallery-mode=\"standard\">\n<div class=\"hst-resgallery-wedge\">\n<ul class=\"hst-resgallery non-grid\">\n<li class=\"hst-resgalleryitem\" data-item-id=\"photo-18494997\" data-frame-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap landscape\">\n        \n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n        <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-full\">\n<p>On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, a pair of shooting suspects were witnessed in a photograph taken at the moment of the murder victim before he died at 200 blocks in West Little York. -222-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n<p> less<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption-truncated\">\n<p>On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, a pair of shooting suspects were witnessed in a photograph taken at the moment of the murder victim before he died at 200 blocks in West Little York.<\/p>\n<p> &#8230; more<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photos: Houston Police Department<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"hst-resgallerynav small hidden\">\n<div class=\"carousel\">\n<ul class=\"clearfix\">\n<li class=\"thumb selected\" data-frame-index=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/umang.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1572401596_475_Man-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-death-of-Houston-tow.jpg\" class=\"icon-thumb\" alt=\"Picture\" title=\"\"><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"control-panel\">\n\t\t<span id=\"gallerySection\" data-gallery-section=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"control-panel-inner\">\n<div class=\"control-bar\">\n<div class=\"control-bar-left\">\n<p>\n                                                    <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photos: Houston Police Department<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-remote\">\n                                            <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-full\">\n<p>On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, a pair of shooting suspects were witnessed in a photograph taken at the moment of the murder victim before he died at 200 blocks in West Little York. -222-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n<p> less<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption-truncated\">\n<p>On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, a pair of shooting suspects were witnessed in a photograph taken at the moment of the murder victim before he died at 200 blocks in West Little York.<\/p>\n<p> &#8230; more<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n<!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photos: Houston Police Department<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- hearst\/ads\/medium_rectangle_ad_gallery.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/ads\/medium_rectangle_ad_gallery.tpl -->\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-outer gallery-overlay-outter lights-on hidden\">\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-inner\">\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-title-container\">\n<p>Person accused of murdering Houston tow truck driver, suspect still undetained<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/gallery\/main.tpl -->                                    <\/div>\n<p><!-- \/gallery float --><br \/>\n                                <!-- fixed --><\/p>\n<p>                        <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Houston police are looking for someone accused of shooting a wrecker driver last week.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Authorities said <span id=\"misspelledIdelfonso\">Idel Ponso<\/span> <span id=\"misspelledGamez\">Guys<\/span> Torres, 42, was charged with murder in a driver&#39;s deadly shooting. <span id=\"misspelledAugustin\">Augustine<\/span> Martinez, 48 years old, injured of another person after verbal showdown on October 23.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"misspelledGamez\">Guys<\/span> According to police, Torres fled to Mexico or thought it was. Last week the police released a picture <span id=\"misspelledGamez\">Guys<\/span> Torres photo was taken shortly before being found on Martinez&#39;s phone.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>ON CHRON.COM: suspect suspected of shooting the victim, wants to be questioned <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- zone --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>In the photo, <span id=\"misspelledGamez\">Guys<\/span> Torres sits in the driver&#39;s seat of Red Ford Explorer in 2004 and believes the police can still drive.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- fixed --><\/p>\n<p>            <!-- fixed --><br \/>\n                                <!-- hearst\/ads\/duplicatable.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/ hearst\/ads\/duplicatable.tpl -->            <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Officials said Martinez picked up a client when he argued orally with two men at Ford Explorer in the parking lot of an apartment complex on 215 West Little York Road at around 9 o&#39;clock. <span id=\"misspelledp.m\">afternoon<\/span>. One of the men in the pickup pulled his pistol and fired several guns into the wrecker truck to hit Martinez and his client. Martinez tried to escape but crashed the car and died at the scene. Paramedics carried the passengers to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Who has information about the material <span id=\"misspelledIdelfonso\">Idel Ponso<\/span> <span id=\"misspelledGamez\">Guys<\/span> Torres or this case <span id=\"misspelledHPD\">HPD<\/span> (713) 308-3600 murder division or (713) 222-TIPS crime stopper.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Up-to-date information: subscribe to receive breaking news <strong>Your email will be forwarded here.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/article\/types\/story_body_r2.tpl -->    <\/div>\n<\/pre>\n<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kara Quebedo, Houston Chronicle update Tuesday, October 29, 2019 5:05 PM: CDT On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, a pair of shooting suspects were witnessed in a photograph taken at the moment of the murder victim before he died at 200 blocks in West Little York. -222-TIPS (8477). less On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, a pair 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