Tire shop employee, Manuel Armando Villeda, killed two men and fled

• Manuel Armando Villeda caused a tragedy in a tire shop.
• Villeda is still on the run.
• Authorities described the killer as armed and very dangerous.

Manuel Armando Villeda is wanted in Texas after the brutal shooting in a tire shop that left two dead. Joseph Miranda is one of the two victims. The Houston Police Department (HPD) is investigating the brutal double gunshot homicide.

At the time of writing this article, the second person who was killed has not been officially identified by authorities. Manuel Armando Villeda, the alleged murderer of Joseph Miranda, escaped after the shooting that shocked an entire neighborhood.

Manuel Armando Villeda killed two men in a tire shop

Manuel Armando Villeda, 24, is accused of two counts of capital murder for the shooting homicide of the two men, according to his arrest warrant, consulted by MundoNow in Texas, and issued by detectives of the HPD Homicide Division.

According to the Texas State Penal Code, the crime of capital murder like the one Manuel Armando Villeda faces is the only one that is punishable by the death penalty for those who are found guilty. According to HPD, the fugitive is armed and dangerous.

Joseph Miranda was one of two Hispanics killed

At 11:04 a.m. on Sunday, June 26, 2022, the HPD emergency number received a call alerting them to a shooting at the Martínez Tire Shop located at 7550 Bellfort Avenue, southeast of the Houston Metropolitan area. Many immigrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico live in the area.

When the officers arrived at the tire shop they found two men inside the store, one of them Joseph Miranda, lying on the floor badly injured. The officers requested the urgent presence of paramedics from the Houston Fire Department (HFD).

Two customers arrive at the tire shop to request a service

However, when the HPD paramedics arrived at the tire shop they could no longer do anything for Joseph Martinez and the other man and they were pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives from the Homicide Division went to the Martinez Tire Shop to investigate the double homicide.

HPD investigators discovered that, at the time of the shooting, one of the employees in the tire shop was Manuel Armando Villeda. The documents do not detail who owns the place. At one point, two customers in separate cars, who did not know each other, arrived at the scene.

A fit of anger culminated in the two murders

One of the two customers who had just arrived at the Martínez Tire Shop entered the business where Manuel Armando Villeda was working. The other customer was Joseph Miranda, who stayed outside the tire shop waiting to have the pressure on his vehicle’s tires checked.

At one point Manuel Armando Villeda flew into a rage against another customer. The two men got into a heated argument until Villeda pulled out a gun. The angry tire shop employee fired several shots at the other man. Joseph Miranda ran into the business to break up the fight.

Manuel Armando Villeda flees in an Acura with license plates LPF-4265

When Joseph Miranda entered the shop, Manuel Armando Villeda was waiting with the gun in his hand and fired another round of shots at him. In all, HPD detectives recovered a total of ten shell casings from the bullets that killed the two men inside and outside the Martinez Tire Shop.

After perpetrating the brutal double homicide, Manuel Armando Villeda fled the scene in a GMC Sierra truck. The truck was found abandoned by HPD officers in north Houston. Now Villeda could be driving an Acura with Texas plates LPF-4265.

Does anyone know the whereabouts of the fugitive killer?

Now detectives from the HPD Homicide Division are asking the Hispanic community that if anyone knows the whereabouts of Manuel Armando Villeda, contact their office at 713.308.3600 or the organization Houston Crime Stoppers at 713.222.8477. All tips will remain anonymous.

Detectives from the HPD Homicide Division are asking the Texas community not to approach Villeda if they learn of his whereabouts. The authorities consider the man armed and very dangerous. Corporations from other neighboring states such as Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma are already on notice of the fugitive.