ODESSA, Texas — (Editor's note: The video above is from previous coverage of this story.)
Odessa Police are investigating after a man was found dead on Dec. 28.
Police responded to the 1000 block of E. 36th for a welfare check. There they found Maurice Rogers dead in the home.
Several spent bullet casings were found in the area. Rogers’ body was sent to Lubbock for an autopsy.
According to an affidavit, evidence and surveillance video from a neighbor’s camera taken Dec. 27 at 10:15 p.m. showed two people shoot at Rogers’ home.
Detectives spoke to witnesses who said that prior to the shooting, Rogers’ juvenile sons tried to rob Harvey Gutierrez, 31. Gutierrez reportedly told them if he did not find Rogers’ sons, he would “go after” Rogers himself.
Witnesses also told officers that Ashton Munoz, 18, and an unnamed juvenile helped in the shooting.
Gutierrez admitted to detectives that he told the others involved he believed Rogers’ sons were the ones who tried to rob him and that they discussed that they would “go shoot up” Rogers’ son’s car. They then carried out the act.
A witness later claimed that after the shooting, Munoz and the juvenile got into the witnesses' car. Munoz was cleaning ammunition and left a bag of clothes in the car, which he asked the witness to destroy.
OPD began looking for the three people wanted in connection with Rogers’ murder. Gutierrez was arrested on Dec. 29 and charged with murder. He is being held on a bond of $100,000.
As of the evening of Dec. 30, police had located Munoz and the unnamed 16-year-old who also wanted in relation to Rogers’ murder. Both teens are in custody in El Paso.
Also related to this case, OPD is looking for information on a person named 20-year-old Christian Organ. Organ is not wanted at this time and is only needed for questioning.
NewsWest 9 will continue to follow this story and provide updates as they become available.
