A Houston man has been arrested in connection with a murder that had remained unsolved since 2017.

Brian Adams, 25, has been charged with capital murder for his alleged involvement in the death of 48-year-old Pedro Aguilar during an attempted carjacking.

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In March 2017, investigators said two young-looking men stopped their vehicle next to Aguilar’s car as he was parking near his apartment on Richcrest Drive in North Houston.

The men pulled Aguilar from his car, pistol-whipped him, and then shot him.

Deputies reported that the suspects struggled with Aguilar’s stick-shift car, abandoned it, and fled in another vehicle driven by a third accomplice.

After his murder, loved ones described Aguilar a

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