Avanti JaDarius King, 19, of Houston was found dead from a gunshot wound on January 17, 2022. A witness picking up trash located his body at the end of Patrick Street, south of 100 West Hamilton Street. The death was ruled a gunshot fatality and the Houston Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

On February 12, 2022, 33-year-old Earnest Austin was arrested on unrelated felony warrants and was also charged in King’s murder. Investigators say Austin and 35-year-old Thomas Alvarez were involved in the fatal shooting; both men have been charged with murder. Detectives are still seeking information to identify a second suspect and the family has asked the community for help.

Is anyone with information about King’s movements that night or about the second suspect asked to contact the Houston Police Department?