Clarence Howard III, 48, was shot and killed in the pre-dawn hours of October 25, 2022, in front of an apartment on the 3200 block of S. Vernon Avenue in Oak Cliff, Dallas. Friends and family remembered him as a father and a positive presence who could sing, tell jokes and often spoke of God.

Investigators tied Howard’s killing to a series of violent incidents that included the November 2, 2022, shooting death of 47-year-old Lorenz Nussbaum in nearby Cedar Hill and three aggravated robberies in Dallas on November 2 and November 4. A traffic stop on a stolen car on November 5 led to the arrest of 29-year-old Garrett Hamilton; ballistic evidence from a firearm found with Hamilton linked him to Howard’s murder and to the other crimes. The case record indicates Hamilton was later prosecuted and sentenced for the murders and robberies.

If anyone knew Clarence Howard or has information about the events that night, can you share what you remember?