Authorities in Texas are searching for the former boyfriend of a woman who was shot and killed in a Houston suburb. 

Juan Carlos Mata, 20, was identified by the Pasadena Police Department as a person of interest in the death of 19-year-old Leslie Reyes, Fox Houston reported. 

She was killed Monday night at the Oakwood Village Apartments parking lot.

Responding police officers found Reyes with a gunshot wound. Investigators believe Mata was waiting for Reyes in the parking lot as she returned home. 

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The pair had a conversation before the shooting happened, police said. 

Reyes was pronounced dead at the scene.