SAN ANTONIO — An arrest has been made in connection to the death of a man in northeast Bexar County.
On August 5, 20-year-old Martin Jacquez Martinez was found shot in the head between two mobile homes on Golf Vista near FM-78 in the Woodlake Trails neighborhood.
Devion Sommers, 20, was booked into the Bexar County Jail earlier this week.
He was initially arrested for drug possession, but after a search warrant was executed he was also charged with tampering with evidence and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
During their investigation, deputies found the victim’s truck at nearby school along with security footage that showed a man dropping it off.
Investigators connected Sommers to the truck by his fingerprints.
Deputies say Sommers disabled the GPS to the truck, and that’s where the tampering with evidence charge comes in.
A search warrant was done on his home, which was in the same mobile home community where the victim's body was found. That’s where Sheriff Javier Salazar said investigators found a key to the same truck, a medicine bottle belonging to a family member of the victim, and a gun that was the same caliber of the murder weapon.
Salazar said investigators were able to determine that was the murder weapon, and charged Sommers with murder.
Salazar said they weren't sure if there was any relationship between the suspect and the victim. He said the investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information should contact BCSO.
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