HOUSTON – Friday will mark five years since 35-year-old Christopher Hinton-Mena was found shot to death inside his Jeep Wrangler at a Walgreens parking lot on Cullen Blvd and Reed Road.

His mother, Marnita Hinton, says not a day goes by that she doesn’t think about what she saw that morning.

“He was in his Jeep, slumped over. It was an unbelievable sight,” said Hinton. “It’s a sight to no parent should ever see,”

Hinton-Mena had just gotten off a 16-hour shift working as a security guard and was out with friends the night before he was killed.

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“My child wasn’t a troubled child. He hasn’t had any problems with anyone,” said Hinton. “He was loved.”

Hinton describes her son as full of laughter,

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