PLEASANT GROVE, Texas — A suspect has been identified in the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Juvenal Antero, who died while defending his family from a home invasion.

On Dec. 30, 2023 Cardenas and Antero were at their apartment with their 4-year-old son on South St. Augustine Drive when two people knocked on their door.

“My son needs me to be strong. My unborn child needs me to be strong,” said Elizabel Cardenas, the wife of 24-year-old Juvenal Antero. “It’s hard for me not to have him here because he guided me through everything. He had a heart of gold.”

The two people asked for help and wanted a plunger, said Cardenas. The suspects forced their way into the home. One person was showing a gun.

“I’m slamming the door on his hand, and I’m holding the door with all the strength that I coul

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