Police Make Arrest In First Homicide Of 2017 In Pflugerville, Round Rock Link Found

PFLUGERVILLE, TX — Police filed an arrest warrant on Monday for a suspect connected to a fatal shooting that occurred last week, officials said.

An arrest warrant was issued against Robert Joseph Uribe, 18, in the death of Jose Avidan Martinez, 20, officials said. Subsequently, Uribe was booked into the Williamson County Jail on a $1 million bond.

Uribe is accused of fatally shooting Martinez on May 10 in the 15800 block of Foothill Farms Loop. Pflugerville officers arrived on Tuesday, May 10, to find Martinez, who also went by “Jay Jay” lying in the parking lot of an apartment complex and Martinez later passed away at Round Rock’s St. David’s Medical Center as a result of injuries in this incident.

During early stages of the investigation, Pflugerville Police Detectives learned of a robbery in Round Rock at the 7-11 convenience store at Gattis School Road and Double Creek Drive at approximately 3:15 a.m. on the same morning of May 10. Evidence found at Round Rock’s scene and Pflugerville’s scene linked the two events, officials said.

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Round Rock officers took one subject into custody at the scene of the 7-11 robbery and were able to identify a second subject, Mkenzie Marzett, 19, who goes by the name “Goofie Gee.” Pflugerville detectives were contacted by witnesses who were with Martinez at the location before he was killed.

Uribe was taken into custody on a warrant issued by the Round Rock Police Department on May 13 for his involvement in a burglary on Wednesday, May 10 in Round Rock. Witnesses confirmed Martinez met with Uribe the morning he was killed.

“City of Pflugerville and City of Round Rock detectives have worked together to solve this case quickly,” Pflugerville Police Chief Jessica Robledo said. “In less than a week, this collaboration has resulted in having
Uribe in custody. I want to thank the following agencies for assisting Pflugerville Police, the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division (TX DPS CID), Texas Rangers and Round Rock Police Department (RRPD). Thank you to the community for your ongoing support, calling with information, using our CID TIP Line and working together to be the eyes and ears of the Pflugerville Police Department.”

Pflugerville believes this incident was narcotics- and gang-related.

>>> Robert Joseph Uribe booking photo courtesy Pflugerville Police Department