A San Antonio man charged in a fatal shooting last year took a plea deal and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, officials confirmed. Paul Terriquez Jr., associated with the June 2022 death of Alexis Rios, was convicted after accepting the deal in a hearing held on Monday.
Rios, who was 26 at the time of his death, was found in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Whitewood Street, having been fatally shot while sitting in his vehicle. According to KSAT, the investigation initially had few leads, with witnesses unable to describe the shooter or their vehicle. However, Terriquez, then 21, was quickly implicated when police later detained him in connection with a separate shots fired call, finding him with a handgun of matching caliber to the one used in Rios's killing.
Evidence mounted as fingerprints on the victim's car were matched to Terriquez, alongside shell casings from the scene that complemented those from the suspect's firearm. These findings led to Terriquez's arrest and the subsequent plea deal, which culminated in his 25-year sentence adjudicated in the 437th District Court, as KSAT confirmed.
