Former Texas Southern University football player Tyler Martinez was just getting his life started, and then it was taken away senselessly by another act of gun violence.
The 24-year-old was found shot outside a parking garage of an apartment complex in southwest Houston, Texas. Officers arrived at the Mac 4660 Apartments on South MacGregor Way at Calhoun and found Martinez with multiple gunshot wounds.
Martinez was killed during what police describe as a “parking garage dispute.”
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According to the school’s website, Martinez played for four seasons at TSU, ending in 2023. During the last three seasons, he was a defensive tackle.
In 2021, Tyler Martinez had six total tackles and zero sacks.
In 2022, he had 25 total tackles and 1.5 sacks.
Before his college days, he played for Humble High School.
Jasper Robinson Charged With Murder of Tyler Martinez
A Texas Southern University student was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of killing a former football player.
Isaac Jasper Robinson allegedly killed Tyler Martinez following a dispute inside a garage parking lot.
According to documents, witnesses told police that shots were fired after a fight erupted between the two men, who both lived at the apartment complex. Witnesses added that Martinez was on top of Robinson before a woman associated with Robinson allegedly went to a car and retrieved a gun before giving it to the suspect.
Tyler Martinez then appeared to get off Robinson and walk away before he was shot three times in the torso, the witness stated, per court documents.
Robinson reportedly works as a security guard, but it remains unclear where he is stationed.
He has since been charged with murder and was booked into the Harris County Jail.
Robinson is behind bars on a $200,000 bond.
