Maverick County Man Shot in Abdomen While Visiting Brother

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018

The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department reported that Jorge Gabriel Sotelo, age 46, was shot in the abdomen by unknown person on Thursday, March 15, 2018, at approximately 9 P.M. while visiting his brother on Vienna Street in the Loma Bonita Subdivision in southern Eagle Pass, Texas.

According to the preliminary investigation, Sotelo was outside in the backyard of his brother’s home when he was shot in the abdomen by unknown subject(s). 

Sotelo was rushed to the emergency room of the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center for treatment of his gunshot and was later transferred to a San Antonio, Texas medical facility due to the critical nature of his injury.

Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber stated that the Sheriff’s Detective Division is investigating this incident and requests that if any person has information of anyone who drove by the residence on Vienna Street or may have been shooting a firearm near Loma Bonita on Thursday, March 15th, to please contact the Sheriff’s Department at (830) 773-2321.