Worker killed in trench collapse near Buccaneer Stadium is identified
A construction worker who was killed in a trench collapse near Buccaneer Stadium on Monday has been identified.
The man was identified by the Nueces County Medical Examiner s Office as Jason Villalobos, 21, of Houston. The cause of his death is pending autopsy.
The Corpus Christi Fire Department responded to an emergency call around noon at the location near Leopard Street and Buddy Lawrence Drive.
Fire Chief Robert Rocha said there was construction down the street and those workers were involved in the collapse. The workers were not city employees.
Fire crews managed to secure site and retrieve the body around 7:30 p.m., according to Rocha.
It s been over a year since the ArtWalk has been held in downtown Corpus Christi.
Hybrid ArtWalk, a virtual spin on the event, has people either go downtown to shop or by visiting godowntowncc.com/virtualartwalk to buy artwork.
The pandemic has the original event postponed until further notice, having artists and vendors turn to other means to showcase their work.
Ema Rodriguez is hoping to feature those artists at the first Weird Corpus Papercut Zine Fest inside of Fresco downtown on April 2.
Founder of Weird Corpus, a micro-zine highlighting local artists and businesses, Rodriguez hopes the event will help make art more accessible for people in their art buying experience.
Corpus Christi police investigating North Beach fatal shooting
Corpus Christi police are investigating a Wednesday night fatal shooting on North Beach.
Officers were dispatched for the shooting about 10:15 p.m. in the 4300 block of Surfside Boulevard and found the body of a 22-year-old Hispanic man in the parking lot, Lt. Michael Pena said.
An initial investigation by homicide detectives found that the man was in the parking lot when he got into a disturbance with people in a vehicle. Someone in the vehicle shot at the man, and the vehicle fled the scene, Pena said.
Detectives are actively investigating the case. If anyone has information about the shooting, they can call police at 361-888-2600 or anonymously at 361-888-TIPS.