Seventeen-year-old Robert Duke Butler was shot and killed on March 20, 2022, in a parking lot of a business complex near the Beltway and 288 outside Pearland, Texas. The shooting followed a birthday party attended by roughly 75 to 100 people; multiple individuals fired into the crowd. Butler was one of four teenagers hit — three others were injured, including a 17-year-old who remained in critical condition and a 14-year-old girl who was treated and released.

Authorities say the violence appears to have started after a verbal altercation, but the exact motive is unclear. One 17-year-old victim was later released from the hospital and charged with an unrelated aggravated robbery. Butler’s mother, Desiree Stewart, has publicly called for an end to gun violence and described her son as a well-liked, good kid. No arrests or suspects have been named and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information to contact Crime-Stoppers.

Did anyone at the party or in the area see what led up to the shooting or recognize anyone who fired into the crowd?