Almeda Genoa Road Fatal Shooting Leads to Capital Murder Charges, One Arrest

HOUSTON, Texas – Houston police have charged two men with capital murder in the 2020 fatal shooting at a game room at 2902 Almeda Genoa Road. One is in the Harris County jail. The other is still wanted.

Thirty-seven-year-old Francisco Elieser Sanches Veliz was arrested October 22. Investigators are still looking for 33-year-old Juvenal Antonio Lopez Rivera, who is not in custody.

What happened at the game room

The shooting happened March 1, 2020. Patrol officers answered a shooting call at the game room. A witness told police the gunfire came during a robbery.

The victim, 60-year-old Anastacio Alcazar, later died at an area hospital on April 16, 2020, police said.

Charges and arrest

HPD Homicide Division detectives G. Rangel and H. Montealegre said their investigation identified Lopez Rivera and Sanches Veliz as two of the suspects responsible for the shooting. The department did not say how many other suspects it is looking for.

Troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety Violent Crimes Unit took Sanches Veliz into custody on October 22. He was charged and booked into the Harris County jail. His case is in the 497th Criminal District Court.

Prosecutors filed charges against Lopez Rivera on October 27. His case is in the 174th Criminal District Court. Police released his previous booking photo with the announcement.

A capital murder charge is an accusation. Neither man has been convicted.

How to help

Anyone who knows where Lopez Rivera is should call the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600. Tips can also go anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.

The case is listed under HPD incident number 029029920.