Capital murder charges filed against 2 men in connection with Almeda game room shootout in 2020

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Officials have confirmed that two men are now facing capital murder charges in connection with a shootout at an Almeda game room back in 2020.

According to the Houston Police Department, on March 1, 2020, four masked men reportedly barged into the game room in the 2900 block of Almeda and Genoa and began exchanging gunfire with several employees.

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HPD said one of the employees was shot in the arm and the other, later identified as 60-year-old Anastacio Alcazar, was shot in the chest. Alcazar was taken to the hospital, where he died a month later.

Later, Juvenal Antonio Lopez Rivera, 33, and Francisco Elieser Sanches Veliz, 37, were identified as the suspects responsible for the fatal shooting.

On Oct. 22, 2026, officials confirmed that the Harris County Department of Public Safety Violent Crimes Unit booked Sanches Veliz into the Harris County Jail after arresting him.

Houston police say Rivera is not currently in custody.

Anyone with information on Lopez Rivera's whereabouts is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or speak anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.