Marcesa L. Lewis, a 41-year-old African American male, was shot and killed on July 11, 2021, at a gas station on the Southwest Freeway in Houston. He was found in the driver’s seat of a crashed vehicle at the west edge of the parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds to the abdomen and was pronounced dead at Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center.

Investigators identified 22-year-old Darius Tyrese Castille as the primary suspect. Police say Castille exited a white Chevrolet Malibu, struck Lewis in the head with a pistol and then fired at him; Lewis reportedly fired back and Castille was struck by gunfire. Castille was taken to the hospital with a chest wound and, upon release, was to be booked into the Harris County Jail. The Malibu, believed to carry three other occupants, fled the scene.

Castille was charged with capital murder in the 180th State District Court. The HPD Homicide Division asked anyone with information about the vehicle, the occupants who fled, or the shooting to contact investigators or Crime Stoppers.

If anyone knew Lewis, saw the white Chevrolet Malibu that night, or has information about the occupants who fled, please share what is known.