KENS 5 reporter Mike Jimenez says a teen murder case in San Antonio just veered into a new, unsettling chapter after the suspected shooter was found dead.
Police, as Jimenez reports, say 18-year-old DeShawn Suggs was found shot inside a car early Saturday morning, ending what had been months of searching for him.
And now, Jimenez says, the family of the teen who was killed is trying to process a strange mix of grief, relief, and the kind of unanswered questions that don’t go away just because a suspect is gone.
This story centers on 17-year-old Alianna Ujueta, who Jimenez says was shot and killed at a house party on September 28, 2025, in the 13,000 block of Luckey Road in far southwest Bexar County.
Her father, Ivan Ujueta, told Jimenez the family has leaned heavily on faith to survive what he called a “nightmare.”
And Jimenez makes it clear: the family isn’t celebrating. They’re coping. They’re trying to keep their footing in a situation that keeps shifting under them.
The Murder That Started It All
Jimenez reports that Alianna was killed at a house party, and from that moment forward, the family’s life split into a “before” and an “after.”
Ivan Ujueta, speaking to Jimenez, described the kind of pain that doesn’t run out of steam after the news cameras leave.
He told Jimenez, “there’s not anybody that can render justice or revenge like God,” framing the entire ordeal through a spiritual lens.
That line hits hard because it isn’t a slogan. It sounds like a father trying to keep from being consumed by rage.
Jimenez says Ivan Ujueta also prayed for something specific after his daughter died: that within 90 days the suspect would be caught or would turn himself in.
At the same time, Ivan told Jimenez he chose to forgive whoever did it—before he even knew exactly who that person was.
That kind of forgiveness isn’t easy to understand from the outside. But it’s also one of the few tools people have when they feel powerless and the system is moving too slowly.
When Authorities Named A Suspect And The Wait Dragged On
According to Jimenez, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office later named DeShawn Suggs as the suspect on November 18.
But after that identification, the case didn’t snap shut. It stretched out.
Jimenez reports that months went by with Suggs still on the run.
And that waiting period matters, because it’s not just “time passing.” For families, it’s time spent waking up every morning wondering if today is the day they finally hear something that makes sense.
That’s where the second report comes in.
KSAT 12’s Avery Everett covered the earlier phase of this case when the family was still pleading publicly for help finding Suggs.
Everett described the Ujueta family’s Thanksgiving table with one seat that would remain empty.
That image is simple, but it says everything: the holidays don’t pause for grief, and grief doesn’t pause for the holidays.
In Everett’s report, the family’s request was direct and raw. They were asking the community to help deputies find the suspect, because living in limbo had become its own kind of punishment.
A Public Plea For Help Before Another Holiday Passed
Avery Everett reported that the family was begging for answers before another major milestone came and went.
Everett quoted the family saying, “I plead and I ask, ‘Please help us get this boy.’”
That’s not courtroom language. That’s a parent speaking in plain desperation.
Everett also laid out what investigators believed happened the night of the shooting: the Sheriff’s Office said Alianna was among teenagers at a party location on Luckey Road, a fight broke out, and someone fired shots.
Everett included comments from Sheriff Javier Salazar, who said evidence pointed to Suggs and that investigators were actively looking for him.
Salazar also told Everett the case involved “untangling webs,” which is a polite way of saying these situations can get messy fast—lots of people, lots of stories, and not everyone is eager to tell the truth.
Everett reported another detail that helps explain why this wasn’t quickly wrapped up: Salazar said investigators believed they found the weapon tied to the shooting, but not with the suspect.
According to Salazar in Everett’s report, by the time authorities got the weapon, it had already “exchanged hands” multiple times.
That detail alone explains why families often feel like justice crawls instead of runs.
Everett also noted that Crime Stoppers put out a $5,000 reward for tips leading to an arrest, pushing the case into that phase where the public becomes part of the investigation, whether they want to be or not.
The Suspect Was Found Dead In A Car, And The Questions Changed Overnight
Back in the KENS 5 report, Mike Jimenez says the chase ended abruptly on January 17, just after 4 a.m.
Jimenez reports that San Antonio police found Suggs shot and killed inside a car in the 10,000 block of Tiger Field.
Suggs was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Jimenez.
And just like that, the case pivoted from “Where is he?” to “Who killed him?” and “Why?”
Jimenez also says the investigation into Suggs’ death is still ongoing.
That means there’s no neat bow here. There isn’t a public explanation yet, and there may not be one anytime soon.
Ivan Ujueta, in Jimenez’s telling, tried to make sense of this ending through the same spiritual framework he’s been leaning on from the start.
He told Jimenez he believed “angels” went to Suggs to persuade him to turn himself in.
Then he added a line that’s heavy with judgment and grief at the same time—suggesting Suggs rejected that chance and chose a darker path.
People are going to react differently to that. Some will nod. Some will flinch. But it sounds like a father trying to interpret something that feels unreal.
Jimenez also reports Ivan said he felt sympathy for Suggs’ parents, because they now have to live with their own kind of loss.
That’s a rare kind of empathy in a moment like this, and it hints at how complicated the emotions are.
Ivan Ujueta also told Jimenez that death is terrible, murder is terrible, and that he believes actions have consequences.
He said, “You kill, you will be killed.”
It’s a blunt statement. It’s also a statement that sounds like it comes from exhaustion more than triumph.
What Justice Looks Like When There’s No Trial
Jimenez emphasizes something important: Ivan Ujueta said this doesn’t bring closure.
That’s the part a lot of people misunderstand. When a suspect dies, the headlines may end, but the family’s questions often get louder, not quieter.
Closure usually comes from clarity – what happened, why it happened, and hearing it laid out in a courtroom where facts are tested.
This case may never have that.
At the same time, Jimenez reports Ivan does take comfort in one thing: his family likely won’t have to sit through a long trial.
That isn’t “good news,” but it may spare them from reliving the worst moments over and over in public.
Jimenez says the family wants to move forward by focusing on the 17 years they had with Alianna, not the violent moment that ended her life.
Ivan and his family described sharing stories about her – laughing, crying, then laughing again.
That felt detail, reported by Jimenez, is one of the most real things in the whole story.
Because that’s how grief actually behaves. It doesn’t stay in one emotional lane.
A Personal Take That’s Hard To Avoid
When you put Jimenez’s report next to Everett’s earlier coverage, you can see how the emotional timeline works.
First there’s shock. Then there’s the slow torture of waiting while the suspect is still out there. Then there’s the public pleading – begging strangers to speak up so a family can stop living in suspense.
And then, out of nowhere, the suspect is found dead, and the case doesn’t “finish.” It mutates.
There’s also something else that’s hard to ignore: a teenager is dead, and now an 18-year-old is dead too. Whatever the full story is, it’s a picture of how fast violence multiplies once it starts rolling downhill.
If the goal is public safety, the scariest part is how normal this can begin – kids at a party, a fight, a gun, a split-second decision – and then it spreads into months of fear, rewards, manhunts, and a second death that triggers a second investigation.
For the Ujueta family, faith seems to be the tool they’re using to keep their hearts from turning into stone. You don’t have to share their worldview to understand the function of it.
It’s how they’re surviving the days they can’t unlive.
And as Mike Jimenez reports, even with this major development, the investigation isn’t over – because now the question isn’t only who killed Alianna.
It’s also who killed the man accused of killing her, and what that says about the world the rest of us are still walking around in.
