Lamar Jawan Leaphart was 23 when he was shot and killed outside a lounge at 14434 Hempstead Road in northwest Houston on October 13, 2020. Born July 22, 1997, in Philadelphia, he graduated from CyFalls High School in 2015 and worked in construction. Family members include his mother Maryann White and siblings Tyreese, Bernard, Fidelis, Loquari, Kayla, and Loncyris; he was known to family and friends as MarMar.

According to the Houston Police Department, Lamar and a group of males argued inside the lounge before the dispute turned physical in the parking lot, where Lamar was struck by multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene. The HPD Homicide Division investigators named in the file are Sergeant T. Simmons and Detectives T. Andrade, R. Rivera, and J. Young. Robert Hickman, 28, was identified and arrested; he was charged with murder and the case was filed in the 184th State District Court.

If anyone knew Lamar, saw events that night, or has information about the fight outside the lounge, please share what you know.