A quiet street, a white Impala, and a front yard shooting: The cold case of Manuel Brito

A quiet street, a white Impala, and a front yard shooting: The cold case of Manuel Brito

ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- It was the evening of April 16, 1986, when 37-year-old Manuel Abila Brito stepped outside his home on Lindberg Avenue in Odessa. Police were called to the scene just after the shooting, but by the time they arrived, the suspect and the car they left in had vanished. That car was described as a white 1960s Chevrolet Impala. Manuel didn’t survive. He was rushed to the hospital but later died from his injuries. And nearly…