Pregnant Wife Tried to Save Husband Who'd Been Shot While Protecting Her & Kids. He Died in Her Arms: Family

Osvaldo Casas, 37, died a day after his car was allegedly vandalized, police say

Authorities in Texas are investigating the killing of a man who was fatally shot while trying to chase suspected vandals, and died in his wife's arms.

Osvaldo Casas, 37, was declared dead by medical personnel after he reportedly tried to confront vandalism suspects near his Houston, Texas, home over the weekend, per ABC 13, FOX 26 and KHOU 11.

Police did not release his name but the news outlets, along with a GoFundMe created by his family, identified him as the victim of the Saturday, Aug. 10, shooting.

The victim's wife, who according to the fundraiser is due to give birth next month, tried to save his life and performed CPR before first responders arrived at the scene, the Houston Police Department said, per the outlets.

The previous night, someone had allegedly vandalized Casas’ car by throwing eggs and flour before escaping the scene in a black truck, the outlets reported, citing Houston police.

Early Saturday morning, neighbors reportedly saw a similar car and notified Casas, police said, prompting him to go outside and look around.

Shortly after he went down the street looking for the suspected vandals, his family and neighbors heard gunshots, police said, per the outlets. They saw Casas running back towards his home, bloodied, before he collapsed, per police.

His wife was reportedly trying to save his life and performing CPR when police arrived at the scene, HPD said, per ABC 13.

"She try to give him CPR, and he died in her hands," Casas’ mother Blanca Aguirre told KHOU 11.

"I did it for maybe like 10 minutes until the police arrived, and they took over,” the victim's wife Judith Molina told FOX 26. “But by that time I already knew he was gone. I knew he was gone.”

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In the fundraiser set up to help with his funeral expenses, Molina said he died “while bravely protecting our family” and that he leaves behind his 16-year-old and an 8-year-old daughter.

“Osvaldo was overjoyed at the thought of meeting his baby boy and becoming a father to a son,” she wrote in the fundraiser, adding that he “had a special passion for the Dallas Cowboys."

An investigation is ongoing.

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