Willie Johnson, 34, was shot and killed on November 19, 2021, inside the courtyard of an apartment complex on Weaver Road in Houston. Witnesses and preliminary investigators say two black males had a verbal altercation with Johnson before shots were fired; Johnson was struck and pronounced dead at the scene by Houston Fire Department paramedics.

The Houston Police Department Homicide Division took over the case; detectives K. Hale and K. Amri were assigned. Johnson’s family described him as a loving family man and appealed for any clues; the family’s grief was intensified by having previously lost a child to gun violence.

Anyone with information about the shooting or the identities of the two men who left the scene is asked to contact the HPD Homicide Division or Crime Stoppers of Houston.