A Katy man told someone he was hired to conduct a
in southwest Houston, according to prosecutors.
On Nov. 3, 2022, police said a gray Cadillac pulled up to a taco truck in the 8700 block of S. Braeswood near Gessner and opened fire.
One of the truck’s employees, 19-year-old Sergio Chavez, was hit in the head while his father avoided being shot.
Within weeks of the shooting, police said they began looking at Jeremy Hartman as a possible suspect.
But the now-19-year-old wasn’t charged for his alleged role in the shooting until Monday, days after his Feb. 8 arrest on a marijuana possession charge.
On Wednesday, prosecutors revealed that Hartman may have been hired to shoot the taco truck employees.
“All we do have is a confession made to a witness who stated that the defendant had stated that he had been paid to do this,” Asst. District Attorney Alexander Fryer said.
Hartman’s attorney denies any shooting-for-hire plot and said he maintains his innocence.