Tawana Demetria Cain, 45, was fatally shot during a physical altercation outside her home at 13102 Lindenloch Lane in Houston on September 5, 2020, at about 3 a.m. She was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. Another man, Tremond Jones, was also shot and survived with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police arrested 26-year-old Darius Francis without incident shortly after the shooting. He was charged with manslaughter, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and felon in possession of a weapon. Witnesses said Francis was holding a handgun during the altercation and that the gun was fired once, striking both Cain and Jones. The Houston Police Department Homicide Division, led by Sergeant C. Duncan and Detective J. Escobar, investigated the case.

Cain’s family and friends remembered her as a loving mother and grandmother; funeral services were held at Living Faith Church and she was buried at Houston Memorial Gardens. Did anyone in the area see or hear anything that night that could help clarify what happened?