Grieving mother shocked by handling of son’s murder after he was killed outside taco truck in W. Houston

HOUSTON – The mother of a man shot near a taco truck on Richmond Avenue Wednesday shares her heartbreaking story with KPRC 2.

She tells us that not only is she grieving, but she is also upset by the way her son’s case is being handled.

Demarco Ewing was shot and killed around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.

His mother says she is glad the suspected shooter turned himself in, but is not happy with the lack of information from authorities.

“You killed the most respectful young man there was. You broke my heart, you took my soul,” Stacie McKnight said of her son, whom she called “Marco.”

He would have been 32 on July 9, but his life was taken by gunfire outside a taco truck on Richmond and Dunvale.

“I was working 16 hours a day from Monday night to Tuesday morning and I got a call from Marco’s girlfriend.”

According to McKnight, his girlfriend told him she received a message on Snapchat saying a man was looking for Marco. Marco was then shot.

“My son was shot nine times, they shot my son in the neck, he bled to death,” she said.

And she says the evidence of her son’s murder was sent to his girlfriend’s phone.

“She said the next thing she knows, she gets a picture of my son lying on the floor under a sheet,” McKnight said.

A fate he did not deserve, according to her.

“He was a good boy, a mama’s boy. Very intelligent, he had his own business, he dealt with cars. He left behind three children,” she said.

According to police, Rontreyvius Wooten has been arrested and charged with murder. Part of the evidence used in the case is surveillance footage taken by a camera located just meters from the scene of the shooting.

There is a chilling video showing the moments when Wooten allegedly jumped out of the passenger side of a white car and shot Marco. McKnight is relieved that at least one of the suspects involved is off the street.

“The detective told me he had been handed the case an hour earlier and he told me Don Julio was a nickname, and he had just turned himself in,” she said.

But McKnight says she’s still frustrated because most of the information she’s received has come from Marco’s girlfriend, not authorities.

“I wonder why she is doing your job? Why is she telling me, why aren’t you telling me? You should have been the one to tell me about my son’s death and I keep being told, ‘It’s the holidays and we haven’t processed everything yet,'” she said.

We reached out to HPD for answers, but due to the holiday, we were unable to reach anyone. As the investigation continues, McKnight is appealing to others involved.

“Please just surrender and get this over with so we can move on with our lives. You know what I mean. We can forgive, but I’m not there yet. I’m just asking you to do what’s right,” she said.

If anyone has further information regarding this case, please contact police or Crimestoppers anonymously at 713-223-TIPS.