Houston Police Seek Suspects in Brutal Beating Death of Gavin Melchor

Attack and Robbery of Gavin Melchor

• 💔 24-year-old Gavin Melchor was attacked and robbed outside a convenience store in Southwest Houston on Westwood Street.
• 💡 His family pushed for the release of surveillance video to help identify the assailants.
• 😔 Melchor is remembered by his family as someone with a constant smile, always the life of family functions.

Surveillance Video Details

• 📹 The released video shows Melchor talking to a group in a black truck before a man in a white shirt suddenly attacks him.
• 🤕 Melchor was knocked to the ground and then beaten, with the assault continuing after he was robbed.
• ⚠️ Out of respect for the family, the full extent of the brutal video was not shown.

Suspect Descriptions and Family's Plea

• 👕 Investigators identified three suspects: one in a white shirt who robbed him, one in a black sweater with an orange design who kicked him, and a third in a pink bag who knocked him unconscious.
• 😠 Melchor's father expressed anger and called the attackers