Charley Wayne Walker, 40, was found fatally shot on the back porch of a residence at 1219 Murrayhill Drive in Houston on May 26, 2022. Responding Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene after the shooting was reported to police.

Houston Police Department detectives investigated and arrested 41-year-old Nace Smith. Smith was initially taken into custody on May 27, 2022, for unlawfully carrying a weapon; during questioning by HPD homicide detectives he admitted involvement in the shooting. Detectives say Walker and Smith knew each other and that an argument may have occurred in the days before the killing. Smith was later charged with murder in the 182nd State District Court.

Anyone with information about Walker, Smith, their relationship, or the events at 1219 Murrayhill Drive in late May 2022 is asked to come forward.